Notices to state in liquor scam

HYDERABAD: A division bench of AP High Court comprising Chief Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar on Monday made it clear that notices in the writ petition filed seeking CBI investigation into liquor scam were confined to the state government only.The bench has passed this order on Monday morning. It made it clear that the notice will be issued to the government alone.It may be mentioned here that the bench, on Thursday, ordered for issuance of ‘notice to respondents’ in connection with liquor syndicate scam.But it was not clear whether all the respondents are to receive these notices and respond to the issues raised in the writ petition. It directed the state government to file a counter affidavit in two weeks and adjourned the case to April 16.Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, Opposition leader N Chandrababu Naidu, ministers Mopidevi Venkata Ramana, Botcha Satyanarayana, former minister P Shankar Rao, Union home secretary, state DGP, ACB DGP, vernacular dailies and television channels are among the 20 respondents named by the petitioners.