Maharashtra panel meet on Nov 21 over boundary row earlier than SC listening to

By Express News Service

MUMBAI/BELAGAVI: With the Karnataka authorities set to strengthen their case over the boundary dispute in opposition to Maharashtra within the Supreme Court, the Maharashtra authorities has determined to convene a gathering of its reconstituted 14-member high-powered committee on November 21 at Sahyadri Guest House in Mumbai in view of the apex court docket listening to on November 23.

The panel will likely be headed by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, with Union Minister Narayan Rane, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, NCP president Sharad Pawar, former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, leaders of opposition Ajit Pawar and Ambadas Danve, and different cabinet ministers as  members.

The Maharashtra authorities calls for the merger of 865 villages on the border shared by each the states. Recently, a delegation of Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) had appealed to Shinde to carry a gathering in reference to the dispute. The Maharashtra authorities has already rejected the suggestions made by the Mahajan Commission.

‘Karnataka unprepared’
With the Maharashtra authorities designing methods to combat the case, the Karnataka authorities is but to carry a gathering relating to the dispute within the latest months. “The Border Protection Commission of Karnataka is defunct after the demise of its chairperson Justice KL Manjunath, six month in the past. The state neither has a minister for the boundary dispute nor a high-powered committee to look into the dispute,’’ says an professional. The state authorities claimed it had already instructed Advocate General Prabhuling Navadgi to look into the case, sources stated.

‘Don’t let SC admit case’
The Karnataka authorities plans to contend that the boundary dispute case doesn’t come below the purview of the SC, by which the federal government ought to make sure that the Maharashtra’s petition just isn’t “admitted within the Supreme Court’’, say sources.

MUMBAI/BELAGAVI: With the Karnataka authorities set to strengthen their case over the boundary dispute in opposition to Maharashtra within the Supreme Court, the Maharashtra authorities has determined to convene a gathering of its reconstituted 14-member high-powered committee on November 21 at Sahyadri Guest House in Mumbai in view of the apex court docket listening to on November 23.

The panel will likely be headed by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, with Union Minister Narayan Rane, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, NCP president Sharad Pawar, former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, leaders of opposition Ajit Pawar and Ambadas Danve, and different cabinet ministers as  members.

The Maharashtra authorities calls for the merger of 865 villages on the border shared by each the states. Recently, a delegation of Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) had appealed to Shinde to carry a gathering in reference to the dispute. The Maharashtra authorities has already rejected the suggestions made by the Mahajan Commission.

‘Karnataka unprepared’
With the Maharashtra authorities designing methods to combat the case, the Karnataka authorities is but to carry a gathering relating to the dispute within the latest months. “The Border Protection Commission of Karnataka is defunct after the demise of its chairperson Justice KL Manjunath, six month in the past. The state neither has a minister for the boundary dispute nor a high-powered committee to look into the dispute,’’ says an professional. The state authorities claimed it had already instructed Advocate General Prabhuling Navadgi to look into the case, sources stated.

‘Don’t let SC admit case’
The Karnataka authorities plans to contend that the boundary dispute case doesn’t come below the purview of the SC, by which the federal government ought to make sure that the Maharashtra’s petition just isn’t “admitted within the Supreme Court’’, say sources.