The Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the Secretary, Women Development and Child Welfare (WD&CW) Department, to consider the representations for extension made by the existing AP State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (APSCPCR) Chairperson till the appointment of a new body.

Responding to the writ petition filed by APSCPCR Chairperson Kesali Appa Rao and members T. Adi Lakshmi, G. Seetaram and J. Rajendra Prasad, the High Court directed the WD&CW Secretary to pass appropriate orders in two weeks, said counsel for the petitioners T.V.V. Koteswara Rao.