Hyderabad, March 24 -- The Telangana high court on Monday issued notices to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA Danam Nagender in connection with a petition challenging the decision of state assembly speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar not to disqualify the lawmaker for switching over to the Congress, people familiar with the matter said.

A high court bench headed by chief justice Aparesh Kumar Singh, which was hearing the arguments over the petition filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) floor leader in the assembly Alleti Maheshwara Reddy, asked Nagender to file his response countering the petitioner within four weeks.

The bench also issued a similar notice to the assembly speaker and directed him to file a response and adjourned the matter to Ap...