After deliberating with legal experts, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday decided not to appear before the Dharmabad court in Maharashtra state on October 15 in connection with the Babli assault case.

It may be recalled the Maharashtra court Non-Bailable Warrants against Naidu and 15 others for not appearing before it in connection with the hearings on the Babli agitation case.

Now Naidu would send his advocates once again to file a recall petition before the court on Oct 15. In September third week, Naidu could not attend the court as he had to go to New York in US to address an international conclave on natural organic farming at United Nations Organisation, an international body of world nations.

TDP MP Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar, who is also an advocate, attended the court at that time representing AP CM and he filed a recall petition already.

In the 2010 case, Chandrababu Naidu, Ministers Devineni Umamaheswara Rao, Nakka Anand Babu and 13 others were charged with preventing officials from performing their duties and also for assaulting officials who were on duty.

TDP blamed BJP for trying to politically harass TDP leaders who were only agitating for the noble cause of protecting the interests of farmers in North Telangana region by opposing construction of Babli irrigation project across the Godavari river.