In a major ruling, the Hyderabad High Court stated on Saturday that employees of erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh could chose if they wanted to work for Telangana or new Andhra Pradesh government.
The court cited provisions in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, which laid down several rules and norms to be followed during the bifurcation of the state.
The HC was listening to two petitions by engineers, both of whom had opted for Telangana during bifurcation, and were granted their request by the Centre.
TNIE reported that some engineers were aggrieved by the allocation of Andhra natives to the Telangana government, and appealed to the AP Administrative Tribunal, which set aside their allocation to Telangana.