A division bench of Telangana High Court on Tuesday stayed the single judge order stalling implementation of Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak schemes.
The bench of Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G.M. Mohiuddin passed the direction after hearing an appeal filed by principal secretaries of the departments of Backward Classes, Scheduled Caste Development, Scheduled Tribes Welfare, Minorities Welfare, Women and Child Welfare and Finance. These petitioners challenged the single judge order stalling implementation of the two schemes through seven Government Orders (GOs) in a writ petition filed by a HC practicing advocate Vijaya Gopal.
His contention was the two schemes were being implemented through executive orders having considerable impact on the State economy and had no constitutional validity or legal sanctity. Advocate General A. Sudershan Reddy, presenting his arguments, said the two schemes were in place since 2014. According to the AG, the petitioner was neither a beneficiary nor was negatively affected by any of the two schemes.
The plea was not maintainable as the petitioner could not explain how he suffered due to the two schemes. The petitioner and advocate Vijay Gopal maintained that the two schemes were being enforced through an executive order. The GOs through which the schemes were being carried out had no constitutional validity or legislative backing, he said. He also contended that the single judge order was an interim direction passed in an interlocutory application of the writ petition.
There cannot be an appeal against an interim order of an application, he argued. Referring to the advocate’s argument that the two schemes had not legal sanctity, the CJ sought to know if the Comptroller and Auditor General ever remarked or noted in the audit report that the funds released for these schemes had no constitutional validity. The advocate replied that aspect was outside the domain of the CAG.
The AG informed the bench that the apex court in one of its verdicts lauded different State governments for implementing welfare schemes for the benefit of unmarried women hailing from marginalised sections. The bench stayed the single judge order.
Published – September 01, 2026 11:22 pm IST
