The Agitation Against Hyderabad as Free-Zone

WHAT IS 14(F)?
According to

THE ANDHRA PRADESH PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT (ORGANISATION OF LOCAL CADRES AND REGULATION OF DIRET RECRUITMENT) ORDER, 1975.

14. Saving:— Nothing in this Order shall apply to :—

 (a) any post in the Secretariat of the State Government.,

 (b) any post in an office of the Head of a Dept.,

 (c) any post in a special office or Establishment 

 (d) any post in a State-level office or institution.

 (e) any post other than a post belonging to any of the non-gazetted categories in the ministerial and technical services in a Major Development project; (G.O. Ms. No. 455, G.A. (SPF.A) Dept., dt.3-10- 1985 and

 (f) any post Police Officer as defined in clause (b) of Section 3 of the Hyderabad City Police Act, 1348 F.

As per the Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres and Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order, 1975, the State was divided into six zones for purposes of employment, and quota was applicable in these regions. Clause (f) pertained to Hyderabad. The issue of free zone of Hyderabad pertains only to the Police/Home department. The government issued orders, according to which, posts including constable, sub-inspector and inspector are defined as localised posts. The zone will be the local unit for the posts of inspector and sub-inspector and the district will be the local unit for the posts of head constable and constable.
As Hyderabad was treated as a free zone, people from all parts of the State would have equal rights in government jobs, postings and promotions particularly in the Police/Home department as clause 14 (f) of the Presidential Order, 1975 and quota were not applicable. When the State wanted to apply quota, the Supreme Court, quoting 14 (f), struck down that order.

FREE ZONE ISSUE

on 09/10/2009 supreme court division bench(B.N. Agrawal, G.S. Singhvi )given judgement that 14(f)-is excluded from Presidential Order, 1975 so for the police appointments local reservations will not apply i.e HYDERABAD IS FREE-ZONE 

AS the judgement given in concurrence with  the para 14 of presidential order -it specifies that free zone for the 14(a) to (e)

The telangana region NGO's,political parties started agitating against the issue of free zone of hyderabad.
The 14(f) or free zone issue played an important role in later phase of the telangana movement. kcr decision to conduct JAIL BHARO against free zone on 28th oct 2009.

Thereafter the Assembly on 18th march 2010 passed a resolution which stated: “This House resolves to request the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, to obtain the approval of the President to delete Clause (f) of para 14 of the Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres and Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order, 1975.” The resolution was sent to the Centre, requesting it to retain Hyderabad as Zone VI and not as a “free zone,” for purposes of recruitment in the Police department

President Pratibha Patil on 12th august 2011 gave her approval for the deletion of Clause 14 (f) of the 1975 Presidential Order, which had made Hyderabad a free zone for employment.
LATEST: NOTE-As per Section 97 of AP Reorganisation Act 2014, the Presidential Order 1975 will be implemented in both States (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana) 
                                    OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS: 
1)Of the following 14(f) present in? 
a)eight point formula b)Gentlemen agreement
c)Regional committee d)presidential order-1975
2)which bench gave judgement that hyderabad is free zone?
a)B.N. Agrawal ,deepak varma b)G.s singhvi, B.N AGRAWAL
c)G s mishra ,Bandari                  d) G.s singhvi ,deepak varma