CCSAP Report - Ministry of Home Affairs

1.2.13 In a nutshell, therefore, professional opinion was that the TRC
could have been strengthened further in the post 1970 period. As events led to
the formulation of the Six Point Formula, the TRC became redundant and was
finally abolished in 1973. However, as discussed in the following Para, the Six-
Point Formula tried to address comprehensively the development of backward
areas in the entire Andhra Pradesh, involving all the three regions.
1.2.14 The SRC, in its report, had expressed its apprehensions that the
educationally backward Telangana may be swamped and exploited by the more
advanced people of the coastal area (Para 378, SRC). To allay this fear, the
Gentlemen‟s Agreement had provided for an assurance that a temporary
provision would be made to ensure that for a period of five years Telangana was
safeguarded as a Unit, as far as the recruitment to subordinate services in the
region was concerned and the posts borne on the cadre of these services may be
reserved for being filled by persons who satisfied the domicile conditions as
prescribed under the existing Hyderabad rules (after the advent of the
Constitution, under Article 35(b), these rules had restricted relevance, both in
time and in content). All the privileges everywhere in the country were abolished
by the Public Employment (Requirement as to Residence) Act, 1957. However,
such restrictions in the Telangana region (in Andhra Pradesh) were saved along
with such restrictions. This was done to give effect to the specific assurances
given in the Gentlemen‟s agreement.
1.2.15 The Government of India, in pursuance of Article 16(3), enacted the
Public Employment (Requirement as to Residence) Act in 1957. It repealed all
laws in force in any state or Union Territory by virtue of Article 35(B) prescribing
in regard to a class or classes of employment or appointment to an office under
the Government or any local or other authority within the state or Union Territory
any requirement as to residence therein prior to such employment or
appointment. But in view of the special circumstances in the Telangana region of
Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, and Tripura, the Act empowered
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