SC to hear Andhra-Telangana case in January

The Supreme Court Friday posted a petition filed by Andhra Pradesh government seeking "fair, equitable and expeditious" division of assets and liabilities between itself and Telangana to the second week of January.Counsel for Andhra government argued before a division bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and M M Sundresh that the instant situation was an "extraordinary situation". The bench, however, observed that similar matters were pending adjudication before the top court. Andhra's plea argues that despite the two states being formed in June 2014, and the apportionment of assets and liabilities having been made under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, the actual division of assets has not even commenced till date.