HC to hear appeal against order staying Kalyana Lakshmi, Shaadi Mubarak schemes

The Telangana High Court is set to hear an appeal on Tuesday against an earlier ruling that stayed the implementation of the Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak welfare schemes. Prior to this, a single judge on Monday had dismissed objections raised by the High Court Registry and ordered the appeal to be assigned a hearing number.

On August 12, the judge had granted an interim order staying the execution of eight Government Orders, which provided financial assistance to unmarried individuals from certain socially and economically disadvantaged groups under the two schemes. The stay was ordered following a petition by a practicing advocate challenging the constitutionality of the schemes.

However, MIM MLAs later filed an implead petition, leading the judge to remove the stay on GO Ms. No. 4. Advocate General A. Sudarshan Reddy argued that implementing the schemes would not impact the petitioner and that there was no compelling public interest involved. The schemes have been operational in the state since 2014, according to Reddy.