Jai Andhra Mulki Six Point

Jai Andhra Movement:

 In 1972, another agitation known as the Jai Andhra Movement was launched with demanding the withdrawal of all the constitutional protections given to Telangana and scrapping of GO 610 and Six-Point formula against Supreme Court of the India.

The agitation was a consequence to the Telangana agitation which demanded that only `Mulkis' should be appointed to the posts in Telangana regions including the Hyderabad city.

 ‘Mulki’ is defined as one who was born in the State of Hyderabad or resided there continuously for fifteen years and had given an affidavit that he abandoned the idea of returning to his native place. Even after the formation of Andhra Pradesh, the Mulki rules continued to be in force in the Telangana region. As these rules stood in the way of the people of the Andhra region to compete for the posts, their validity was challenged in the High Court. A full bench of the High Court by a four-one majority held that the Mulki rules were not valid and operative after the formation of Andhra Pradesh. But on an appeal by the State Government; the Supreme Court declared on the 3rd of October, 1972 that the Mulki rules are constitutionally valid, the job occupied by Andhra has to be vacated and move to their respective region valid and were in force. This judgment created a great political crisis in the State. The people of the Andhra region felt that they were reduced to the status of second class citizens in their own State capital. They felt that the only way to uphold their dignity was by severing their connection with Telangana and started a movement for the separation of Andhra region from Andhra Pradesh.

Result of this agitation - all the safeguards, including supreme court judgment on mulki rules were nullified with 32nd constitutional amendment of article 371-D pertaining to Public Employment.

Telangana has been a victim of politics of domination and discrimination

 The Mulki Rules:

The Mulki Rules formed part of the Hyderabad Civil Services Regulations put into operation in obedience to “His Exalted Highness” the Nizam’s Firman dated 25th Ramzan 1337 Hijri , corresponding to 1919 A.D

 What exactly are Mulki Rules :  In Urdu language, mulk is a nation, and the residents are Mulkis.

As per the firmans issued by Nizam in favour of Local Candidates employment, rules are follows:

1.      A person shall be called a Mulki if –

v  By birth he/she is a subject of the Hyderabad State, or

v  By  residence in the Hyderabad State, be entitled to be a Mulki, or

v  His/her father having completed 15 years of Service was in the Government Service at the time of his/her birth , or

v  She/he is a spouse of a person who is a Mulki.

2.      A person shall be called a Mulki who was a permanent resident of the Hyderabad State for at least 15 years and has abandoned the idea of returning to the place of his residence and has obtained an affidavit to that effect on a prescribed form attested by a Magistrate.

3.      Presribes the contents of the application to be made for grant of a Mulki Certificate and required the applicant, among other things, to say:

v  Where was he residing, prior to his residing in the Hyderabad State

v  Place of birth and nationality of his father and grand father

v  From what period the applicant is permanently residing in the Hyderabad State and whether he has abandoned the idea of returning to his native land

v  Stipulates conditions for verification of the contents by the Police Department.

In 1972 - The supreme court has given judgement saying Mulki Rules are constitutional in Telangana region.

v  Due to political and historical reasons, Hyderabad state remained isolated. There were no adequate educational facilities.

v  There were very few opportunities to enter public service in competition with others from outside the state.

v  Urdu which was not the language of 90% of the people was the official language of Administration.

v  SRC suggested the continuance of the Telangana region as a separate state.

v  An agreement of the elders of both the regions was reached to reserve to them the benefits of securing employment on the strength of their residence.

v  The formation of a Regional Standing Committee was also agreed upon.

Six point formula

A result of 1969 agitation, Six point formula was released by Congress Leader – Indira Gandhi in the favor of Telangana Development.

The Six points are:

1.      There should be greater financial allocations for the development of Backward Regions, and Capital city of Hyderabad  A State Level Planning Board with legislators from Backward regions, together with experts be created and Sub-boards should be created for backward regions. No concrete measures were taken more so for Telangana Region.

2.      In educational institutions in the State, to give preference to local candidates a state level policy should be evolved.. In the capital city of Hyderabad, to augment educational facilities, a Central University should be established. This has resulted in seven years of study in the regional areas in lieu of 15 years of residence in the Telangana region. University of Hyderabad, has neither helped Telangana students nor academics, as it was a National University.

3.      Up to a certain fixed level of recruitment local candidates should be preferred,  this policy should be followed even in promotions giving preference to local candidates. This gave way for Zonal System, four years of study in lieu of Mulki Rules. This aspect will be discussed in  a greater detail,  separately.

4.      In respect of recruitment, seniority, promotions etc to resolve the problems Administrative Tribunals should be created, and the decisions of these Tribunals shall be binding on the Government.These Tribunals only prolonged the process of rendering justice, rather than solving the problems. Recent Tribunal Orders on GO 610 are a few examples

5.      To give effect to the above issues, to overcome legal hurdles, the President of India should be empowered to make Constitutional amendments. This gave way for 32nd amendment, creation of 371-D, Presidential Orders, which were systematically violated by successive governments in the state, dominated by political, and administrative dominance of Andhra and Rayalaseema.

6.      If the above conditions are fulfilled, the continuation of Mulki Rules and Telangana Regional Committee become unnecessary.

While above conditions 1 to 5 were not implemented, the sixth point was the only point that was immediately implemented, because it served the interests of Andhra and Rayala Seema regions.

Coutesy:

Satya N Rapelly