Hyderabad: A yr after Telangana HC declared that former BRS MLA Chennamaneni Ramesh was not an Indian citizen and imposed a Rs 30 lakh superb on him for concealing his German citizenship whereas contesting meeting elections, he continues to obtain a pension of Rs 60,000 as a former MLA.Congress MLA Adi Srinivas has urged the meeting secretary to not pay the pension to Ramesh, arguing that he’s not entitled to any govt advantages, and has demanded the restoration of advantages, emoluments, and wage already given to the German citizen.“As there was no motion on my earlier request, I’m once more urging the meeting secretary and the Speaker to cease his pension instantly. I’ll method the HC on this challenge once more, if required,” stated Srinivas, who had challenged Ramesh’s citizenship.Sources stated the meeting secretary had earlier knowledgeable Srinivas that the excessive court docket order didn’t point out recovering wage and different emoluments from Ramesh, and that there was no provision below current guidelines to make such recoveries.Beneath the Telangana meeting guidelines, former MLAs are entitled to a pension, medical reimbursement, and different advantages. As Ramesh had served 4 phrases as MLA from Vemulawada, he drew over Rs 50,000 as month-to-month pension from Dec 2023. Following court docket order, Ramesh paid Rs 30 lakh in damages.Former Telangana advocate basic Ok Rama Krishna Reddy stated, “The legislative secretary can’t resolve on pension points as he doesn’t have adjudicating powers. The meeting Speaker can resolve whether or not Ramesh is entitled to the pension, as this can be a determination to be taken post-disposal of the court docket case. Srinivas may method the competent court docket on the problem.”He added that Srinivas had approached Supreme Court docket by submitting a particular go away petition to declare him elected for the phrases Ramesh served as MLA. Nonetheless, in Aug this yr, Supreme Court docket, declining to intrude, stated it couldn’t ‘resurrect’ the matter because the time period of the election had already ended.“Even SC didn’t handle the emoluments and pension when the current MLA approached prime court docket,” a supply near Ramesh instructed TOI.
