<p>Justice Srikrishna is likely to travel to Hyderabad next month to hold discussions with political parties and leaders of organisations for and against Telangana.<br /><br />The five-member committee constituted by the Centre on February 3 had its first meeting on February 13 and will meet again on February 25 to formulate its strategy on moving forward on the vexed issue that has virtually divided political parties in Andhra Pradesh on regional lines.<br /><br />Vinod K Duggal, former Home Secretary and Member- Secretary of the committee, which will also examine the demands for keeping Andhra Pradesh united, said the public notice will be issued in English newspapers in New Delhi, all Telugu, English, Urdu and Hindi newspapers in Andhra Pradesh.<br /><br />"The public notice is likely to be issued on February 20. The notice will have the complete Terms and Reference for the committee and will invite suggestions and views from people of all regions and sections of Andhra Pradesh. I have consulted the Chairman of the panel many times before finalising the notice," Duggal told PTI here.<br /><br />He said the views and suggestions can be in the form of memorandum and letters and should be sent to the committee within a month's time. <br /><br />"We don't want to restrict our visits only to Hyderabad. We will travel to any part of the state if a need arises. We will make sure that the entire state is covered in the process," Duggal said.<br /><br />He said the committee will start holding consultations with political parties and other stakeholders from the second-half of March and will visit Andhra Pradesh before that.<br />Duggal said the panel has already engaged real-time consultants to start research on the issue.<br /><br />The committee has been mandated to review the developments in the state since its formation and their impact on the progress and development of different regions.<br />The impact of recent developments on different sections of people such as women, children, students, minorities, Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes will also be factored by the committee.<br /><br />The seven-point terms of reference has mandated the committee to "examine the situation in the state of Andhra Pradesh with reference to the demand for a separate State of Telangana as well as the demand for maintaining the present status of a united Andhra Pradesh".<br /><br />Other members of the committee are Ranbir Singh, vice chancellor of the National Law University, Delhi, Abu Saleh Shariff, senior research fellow in International Food Policy Research Institute, Delhi, and Rabinder Kaur, professor at the department of humanities and social sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi.</p>
<p>Justice Srikrishna is likely to travel to Hyderabad next month to hold discussions with political parties and leaders of organisations for and against Telangana.<br /><br />The five-member committee constituted by the Centre on February 3 had its first meeting on February 13 and will meet again on February 25 to formulate its strategy on moving forward on the vexed issue that has virtually divided political parties in Andhra Pradesh on regional lines.<br /><br />Vinod K Duggal, former Home Secretary and Member- Secretary of the committee, which will also examine the demands for keeping Andhra Pradesh united, said the public notice will be issued in English newspapers in New Delhi, all Telugu, English, Urdu and Hindi newspapers in Andhra Pradesh.<br /><br />"The public notice is likely to be issued on February 20. The notice will have the complete Terms and Reference for the committee and will invite suggestions and views from people of all regions and sections of Andhra Pradesh. I have consulted the Chairman of the panel many times before finalising the notice," Duggal told PTI here.<br /><br />He said the views and suggestions can be in the form of memorandum and letters and should be sent to the committee within a month's time. <br /><br />"We don't want to restrict our visits only to Hyderabad. We will travel to any part of the state if a need arises. We will make sure that the entire state is covered in the process," Duggal said.<br /><br />He said the committee will start holding consultations with political parties and other stakeholders from the second-half of March and will visit Andhra Pradesh before that.<br />Duggal said the panel has already engaged real-time consultants to start research on the issue.<br /><br />The committee has been mandated to review the developments in the state since its formation and their impact on the progress and development of different regions.<br />The impact of recent developments on different sections of people such as women, children, students, minorities, Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes will also be factored by the committee.<br /><br />The seven-point terms of reference has mandated the committee to "examine the situation in the state of Andhra Pradesh with reference to the demand for a separate State of Telangana as well as the demand for maintaining the present status of a united Andhra Pradesh".<br /><br />Other members of the committee are Ranbir Singh, vice chancellor of the National Law University, Delhi, Abu Saleh Shariff, senior research fellow in International Food Policy Research Institute, Delhi, and Rabinder Kaur, professor at the department of humanities and social sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi.</p>