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Friday, Jul 09, 2004

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Writ plea on Naidu's assets dismissed

By Our Legal Correspondent

HYDERABAD, JULY 8. A Division Bench of the High Court, comprising Chief Justice Devinder Gupta and Justice Rohini, on Thursday dismissed the writ petition filed seeking enquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged disproportionate assets of the former Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu.

The writ petition was filed prior to the general elections by the present Minister, Kanna Lakshminarayana and another person.

The petitioners alleged that Mr. Naidu amassed wealth disproportionate to his known and declared sources of income and it has to be enquired into. They alleged that the State police were not acting due to political pressure.

In a 19-page judgment, the Bench dismissed the case at preliminary stage holding that it does not warrant issuance of notices to the Government.

The Bench did not appreciate the action of the petitioners in filing such a case just before the general elections.

The Bench further said that the complaints referred to by the petitioners were filed long ago.

The Bench further noticed that with the same set of facts some writ petitions were filed earlier. The Bench declared that this writ petition was not bonafide and dismissed the case.

Mr. Naidu, talking to reporters in the Assembly lobbies, said this was among the series of cases filed by Congress leaders. All the cases were either dismissed or withdrawn by petitioners themselves.

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