The Hindu : State to move SC on boundary dispute

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Friday, Nov 08, 2002

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State to move SC on boundary dispute

By Our Special Correspondent

MUMBAI Nov. 7. Maharashtra will take its boundary dispute with Karnataka to the Supreme Court, under the Article 131 of the Constitution.

This was decided today by the State's All Party High Power Committee, headed by the Chief Minister, Vilasrao Deshmukh.

The Committee met here yesterday and considered Madhu Dandavate's suggestion that the apex court be moved.

In order to ensure that the decision was unanimous, the Committee sought the concurrence of the Shiv Sena, whose representative was not present. The Sena leadership conveyed that they were not opposed to moving the Supreme Court, according to Mr. N.D. Patil, chairman of the Coordination Committee of the ruling Democratic Front.

Maharashtra has been demanding that 865 Marathi majority populated villages now in Karnataka, including towns such as Belgaum, Karwar and Nipani, be merged with the State.

The State had been consistently attempting to have a dialogue with Karnataka on the issue.

However, Karnataka's stand was that the matter was settled by the Mahajan Commission in 1967 and what needed to be discussed was the implementation of the report.

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