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2) That the Mulki Rules continued in force by virtue of Article 35 (b) of the Constitution;

3) That the Mulki Rules also continued to be in force even after the constitution of the State of Andhra Pradesh under the States Re- Organisation Act, 1956; and

4) That Section 2 of the Public Employment Act, 1957 was also bad insofar as it dealt with Telangana area.

40. During the pendency of the aforesaid case, two agitations, one in 1969 and another in 1972, known respectively as the Telangana agitation and Jai Andhra agitation rocked the State. Since the agitation took a violent turn, Presidents Rule was imposed in the State on 10-1- 1973. Normalcy was restored when a Six Point Formula was arrived at by and between the leaders of the two regions. The Six Point Formula provided for:(1) accelerated development of the backward areas of the State; (2) Institution of uniform arrangements throughout the State enabling adequate preference to local candidates in the matter of admission to Educational Institutions; (3) Preferential treatment to a specified extent in the matter of direct recruitment to Non-Gazetted (other than some posts) posts and corresponding posts under the local bodies and the posts of Tahsildars, Junior Engineers and Civil Assistant Surgeons; (4) Setting up of a high-power Administrative Tribunal for dealing with the grievances of those in public employment; (5) An amendment of the Constitution in a manner conferring enabling powers on the President, so that the implementation of the formula did not lead to further litigation and consequent uncertainty; and (6) The discontinuance of the Mulki Rules and Regional Committee.

(v) Therefore, a statutory power conferred by Parliament for a particular purpose, cannot be allowed to take a dimension completely out of proportion.

(vi) As the history of evolution of Article 371-D shows, the original demand made at the time of creation of the State of Andhra Pradesh in the year 1956, was to keep the areas identified as Telangana, completely different from the State of Andhra Pradesh. In fact, at the time of re-organisation of the country on the basis of language, the region which was part and parcel of the erstwhile State of Hyderabad called Telangana area was severed and thereafter merged with the Andhra area, comprising of two regions called (i) Ceded Districts, otherwise known as Rayalaseema comprising of four districts and (ii) Circar Districts comprising of seven districts at that time. The original demand of the people of Telangana was actually to treat them not as integral part of Andhra Pradesh, but as distinct and separate. Instead of conceding to this larger demand, a six-point formula was evolved leading to the insertion of Article 371-D of the Constitution. But the insertion of Article 371-D could not keep the flame of independence of the people of Telangana subdued for more than 40 years. Agitations were held after 2009, eventually leading to the creation of the new State of Telangana under the Andhra Pradesh Re-Organisation Act, 2014. What was perceived as backward regions of the erstwhile combined State of Andhra Pradesh, for the upliftment of which Article 371-D was held out as a fig leaf, has now become an independent State under the A.P. Re-Organisation Act, 2014.