Supreme Court allows Telangana MLA to seek salary recovery from disqualified predecessor
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Hyderabad: The
Supreme Court
has granted Vemulawada MLA and govt whip Adi Srinivas the liberty to initiate salary recovery proceedings against former MLA Chennamaneni Ramesh, following the Union home ministry's declaration that Ramesh is a German citizen.
A bench comprising Justice MM Sundresh and Justice NK Singh issued the order while disposing of Srinivas's appeal, in which he sought to be declared the rightful winner for all Vemulawada assembly polls held in 2009, 2010, 2014, and 2018.
Srinivas argued that, since he consistently secured the second highest number of valid votes in all four elections, the Telangana high court—having already ruled Ramesh ineligible—should have declared him the lawfully elected legislator for the 2018–2023 term.
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The apex court rejected this plea, noting that the high court had already examined the matter in detail and pronounced its verdict against Ramesh. It declined to interfere with those findings.
In its March 2025 judgment, the high court had imposed a ₹25 lakh penalty on Ramesh, which he subsequently paid. However, the Supreme Court observed that the Centre's decision on Ramesh's citizenship would still carry legal consequences. Accordingly, it left Srinivas free to pursue "appropriate remedies" arising from the declaration.
Legal sources indicated that one such possible remedy is the recovery of salary, allowances, and other perks drawn by Ramesh during his tenure as an MLA, on the grounds that he held the post unlawfully after being deemed ineligible.
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