THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI ANIL R. DAVE AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.19053 OF 2009 Dt.10.9.2009 Between: R. Chandrasekhar Reddy and another … Petitioners And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its Chief Secretary, Secretariat Buildings, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad and others … Respondents THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI ANIL R. DAVE AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.19053 OF 2009 ORDER: (per the Hon’ble the Chief Justice Sri Anil R. Dave) Prayer in this petition is that a Special Investigation Team consisting of experts be ordered to be appointed by the government authorities to investigate into the matter pertaining to crashing of the helicopter wherein the Hon’ble Chief Minister Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy along with four persons expired on 02.9.2009. The learned Advocate General appearing for the State authorities has submitted that the Government has decided to constitute two- Member High Level Expert Committee to go into all aspects prior to and including the incident of the helicopter crash, which occurred on 02.9.2009, in which Hon’ble Chief Minister Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others died. The Committee shall cover all aspects, including preceding circumstances during and after the helicopter crash. The Committee will consist of Sri M.R. Reddy, I.P.S. (Retd.,), an expert in V.I.P. security, and Sri H.S. Kola, former Director General, Civil Aviation (DGCA), Government of India. The Committee will be requested to give its comprehensive report in two months time. The Committee will also be given all assistance from Government and it can Co-opt any expert and officer, if required. According to him, the case is already being investigated by the C.B.C.I.D. The DGCA, Government of India, is also making a statutory inquiry into the incident of crash. The Hon’ble Chief Minister Sri K. Rosaiah has written a letter to the Union Minister Sri P. Chidambaram to entrust the entire matter to C.B.I. for thorough inquiry into all aspects related to this incident and the Hon’ble Union Minister has also orally accepted the request. Moreover, the learned Assistant Solicitor General appearing for respondent No.4 has submitted that even respondent No.4 has appointed a Committee to look into the aforestated incident. In view of the above facts, it is clear that the government authorities are doing the needful for investigating the incident. In the circumstances, the grievance ventilated in the petition has already been redressed by the aforestated action of the respondent authorities. The petition is therefore disposed of. ______________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ ______________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 10.09.2009 bnr Note: C.C. by 14.9.2009. (B.O) bnr