The Chandrababu Naidu government's unusual hurry in getting the controversial Swiss Challenge method implemented for the construction of core capital city of Amaravati has once again met with legal hurdles.
The Hyderabad High Court on Wednesday rejected a lunch motion petition hurriedly filed by the AP government challenging the order given by the single judge bench of the court earlier giving stay on the Swiss Challenge method. Since Wednesday was the last day to receive bids for the challenge, the Naidu government had to move the lunch motion.
The High Court division bench said it would look into the petition on Thursday and adjourned the next hearing on Swiss Challenge model to October 31.
The Hyderabad High Court rejected a house motion petition by the AP government on Tuesday as well. The AP Government is exploring ways to tap Supreme Court in this regard.
With the stay order coming into force, all the activity in Amaravati capital city construction has been halted.
Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) on August 18 issued a tender notification inviting competitive bids based on the proposals by Singapore consortium was also halted by the High Court.
The AP Government has not even announced the revenue details in the bidding process. Amending previous notification, the AP Government on August 28 issues another draft and this was also considered to be null and void.
