T-panel to be set up in a week, says PC

The Union government will appoint a high level committee headed by a retired judge of the Supreme Court or a former Chief Justice of the High Court in the first week of February to study the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.

The committee, which will have experts on irrigation, agriculture and finance, besides senior officials from home and law ministry, will be asked to study the issue scientifically and submit its report in three months, sources said.

"If all goes well, we should have a committee by the end of this week," said the Union home minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, who declined to reveal the names of its members.

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