In the appeal, it is claimed that the decision that a State lacked the authority to choose its capital violates the Constitution’s fundamental principles.
In an effort to resurrect its proposal to have three capitals, the Andhra Pradesh government has petitioned the Supreme Court to challenge the state high court’s verdict on March 3 proclaiming Amaravati as the only capital of the state.
In the appeal submitted (just now) by State government Advocate Mahfooz Nazki, three main points have been made. Which are:
- Since the contested laws were removed, the problem had grown intractable.
Finance Minister Bugganna Rajendranath Reddy introduced the AP Decentralization and Inclusive Development of All Regions Repeal Bill, 2021, in the assembly to repeal the AP Decentralization and Inclusive Development of All Regions Act, 2020, and the AP Capital Region Development Authority Repeal Act, 2020, in order to develop the three capitals of Amaravati (legislative), Visakhapatnam (executive), and Kurnool (judicial).
2. Every State has an inherent right to choose where its capital duties should be performed within the Federal Structure of the Constitution.
3. To assert that a State lacks the authority to choose its capital is to disregard the Constitution’s fundamental design.
 4. Because the judgment prevents the legislature from debating the matter, it violates the notion of the separation of powers.
The state administration was instructed not to move any offices from Amaravati, the present capital city after a division bench headed by Chief Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra declared that the state legislature lacked the jurisdiction to approve any law affecting the site of the state’s capital.
The state’s administration was also ordered by the court to reimburse the petitioners 50,000.
