Hyderabad: The Raj Bhavan on Thursday informed that in accordance with the Telangana Government Business Rules and Secretariat instructions, all bills received from the state secretary to the state legislature, including the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (Absorption of Employees into Government Service) Bill-2023, have been referred by Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to the law secretary for ‘opinion’.
“This is a normal practice stipulated in the relevant rules,” a press communique said.
Furthermore, it said that the Governor has provided ten recommendations based on “representations and in the best interests of the employees and the well-being of the corporation while permitting the introduction of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (Absorption of Employees into Government Service) Bill of 2023 in the Assembly.”
Raj Bhavan said that four other bills were earlier returned to the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council with messages containing certain recommendations. “The Hon’ble Governor would like to ascertain whether these recommendations were properly taken care of in the bills now received or not. In this regard, Raj Bhavan would like to clarify that based on the recommendations of the law secretary, further action on all bills, including the TSRTC bill, will be taken,” the press communique further said.
Raj Bhavan further said that the press communique is issued to quell the “misinformation that has been circulating in certain quarters, including the print and electronic media, claiming that the Governor withheld the TSRTC bill and decided to reserve it for the assent of the President of India, etc., which are in fact false and far from the truth.”
“All members of the public in general and TSRTC employees, in particular, are urged not to be swayed by such false and baseless news spread by certain vested interests,” it added.
