The
Andhra
Pradesh
High
Court
has
directed
the
Union
Home
Ministry
on
Tuesday
to
submit
a
report
to
the
President
within
four
weeks
about
the
abuse
of
the
Padma
Shri
award
by
Telugu
movie
actor
and
producer
Mohan
Babu.
First
time
in
the
country,
a
court
has
asked
for
withdrawal
of
Padma
Shri.
Meanwhile,
the
court
has
given
some
time
to
Brahmanandam
to
convince
that
it
was
a
mistake
from
the
production
house
in
affixing
the
title
in
the
credits.
BJP
leader
Indrasena
Reddy
had
filed
a
public
interest
litigation
at
the
High
Court
alleging
that
both
Mohan
Babu
and
Brahmanandam
were
misusing
the
honorary
titles
by
prefixing
it
to
their
names
in
the
credits
of
the
film
Denikaina
Ready.
On
January
28,
2014,
he
filed
an
additional
affidavit
submitting
that
Mohan
Babu's
name
is
prefixed
with
‘Padma
Shri'
in
Telugu
film
Jhummandi
Naadam.
A
division
bench
comprising
Chief
Justice
Kalyan
Jyothi
Sengupta
and
Justice
P
V
Sanjay
Kumar
directed
Mohan
Babu
to
file
a
counter
in
a
week's
time.
On
Tuesday,
the
bench
found
that
the
actor
deliberately
misused
the
award
and
his
action
was
contrary
to
the
judgement
of
the
Supreme
Court
in
this
regard.
It
urged
the
President
to
take
a
decision
within
four
weeks.
The
exercise
should
be
done
in
accordance
with
the
guidelines
framed
and
issued
by
the
Supreme
Court.
Earlier,
Brahmanandam's
counsel
had
informed
the
court
that
he
had
sent
letters
to
producers
to
remove
the
prefix.
However,
the
court
spared
him
since
he
could
successfully
convince
the
court
that
it
was
a
mistake
from
the
production
house
in
affixing
the
title
in
the
credits.
The
court's
decision
has
come
as
a
big
relief
for
the
comedian.