German citizenship: Ex-BRS MLA continues to draw pension; petitioner to move HC

Hyderabad: A twelvemonth aft Telangana HC declared that erstwhile BRS MLA Chennamaneni Ramesh was not an Indian national and imposed a Rs 30 lakh good connected him for concealing his German citizenship portion contesting assembly elections, helium continues to person a pension of Rs 60,000 arsenic a erstwhile MLA.Congress MLA Adi Srinivas has urged the assembly caput not to wage the pension to Ramesh, arguing that helium is not entitled to immoderate govt benefits, and has demanded the betterment of benefits, emoluments, and wage already fixed to the German citizen."As determination has been nary enactment connected my erstwhile request, I americium again urging the assembly caput and the Speaker to halt his pension immediately. I volition attack the HC connected this contented again, if required," said Srinivas, who had challenged Ramesh's citizenship.Sources said the assembly caput had earlier informed Srinivas that the precocious tribunal bid did not notation recovering wage and different emoluments from Ramesh, and that determination was nary proviso nether existing rules to marque specified recoveries.Under the Telangana assembly rules, erstwhile MLAs are entitled to a pension, aesculapian reimbursement, and different benefits. As Ramesh had served 4 presumption arsenic MLA from Vemulawada, helium drew implicit Rs 50,000 arsenic monthly pension from Dec 2023.

Following tribunal order, Ramesh paid Rs 30 lakh successful damages.Former Telangana advocator wide K Rama Krishna Reddy said, "The legislative caput cannot determine connected pension issues arsenic helium does not person adjudicating powers. The assembly Speaker tin determine whether Ramesh is entitled to the pension, arsenic this is simply a determination to beryllium taken post-disposal of the tribunal case. Srinivas tin besides attack the competent tribunal connected the issue."He added that Srinivas had approached Supreme Court by filing a peculiar permission petition to state him elected for the presumption Ramesh served arsenic MLA. However, successful Aug this year, Supreme Court, declining to interfere, said it could not 'resurrect' the substance arsenic the word of the predetermination had already ended."Even SC did not code the emoluments and pension erstwhile the contiguous MLA approached apical court," a root adjacent to Ramesh told TOI.