CCSAP Report - Ministry of Home Affairs

the Zilla Parishads. The Convention was presided over by B.V. Subba Reddy, who
was till then the Deputy Chief Minister and had resigned before the convention.
At this convention, a call was given to people to “Paralayse the State
Administration‟” by refusing to pay taxes and by defying the prohibitory orders.
The Jai Andhra agitation spread like a wild fire and, did, in fact, succeed in
paralysing the administration. It continued for more than two months, resulting
in damage to public and private property, loss of human life and injury to several
people across the districts. Taking all these aspects into consideration, including
the intensity of the agitation, President‟s Rule was imposed in the state in
January, 1973. On March 18, 1973, the Andhra leaders met at Chittoor, in
Rayalaseema region, to resolve the issue but the meeting did not yield much of a
result.
1.2.25 In the meanwhile, another twist came in respect of the definition of
Mulki Rules. The Andhra Pradesh High Court on February 16, 1973, declared that
people from outside who came to Telangana and settled there could also be
Mulkis and not only those who were born and brought up in Telangana. As a
result of this decision, the Telangana people claimed that they lost the benefit of
the Mulki Rule. In another development , on July 11, 1973, the Andhra Pradesh
High Court gave another verdict that Mulki Rules would apply to initial
recruitment and nor for subsequent stages of promotion, seniority, reversion,
retrenchment or ousting from service, whether temporary or permanent. As a
result of these developments, and gradual loss of public support, Congressmen
from both sides realized the futility of their demand for bifurcation. They wanted
a face saving formula to put an end to their agitational approaches.
1.2.26 Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi again intervened, and after a
series of discussion with leaders of both the regions, evolved a consensus
through the “Six Point Formula”. The Six point formula, in a way, tried to
address comprehensively the elements of the “Gentlemen‟s Agreement” and find
enduring answers to the problems, and at the same time endeavour to achieve
“emotional integration” of the people of Andhra Pradesh. The effective
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