The State Government is engaged in finalising its stand on the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh Bhavan located in New Delhi between the two successor Telugu States Telangana and Andhra Pradesh ahead of the virtual meeting convened by the Union Home Ministry on Friday.
The meeting was convened by the Dispute Resolution sub-committee constituted by the Union Home Ministry to resolve pending issues between the two States with focus on division of AP Bhavan. Division of Schedule IX institutions, division of Singareni Collieries Company Limited and its subsidiary AP Heavy Machinery Engineering Limited and apportionment of institutions not mentioned in the AP Reorganisation Act 2014 also form part of the agenda of the meeting that has been deferred twice.
The State Government was against bifurcation of AP Bhavan as it was Nizam’s property and solely belonged to Telangana. But the Union Government has clarified that the asset located outside the State should be divided between the two States in line with the provisions of the AP Reorganisation Act 2014 which specifically states that assets located outside the erstwhile united State should be divided between the two States in 58:42 ratio on the basis of population.
