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| PIL regarding adequate facility to displaced border dwellers | | DB disposed off petition with directions | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 23 : In a Public Interest Litigation filed by retired IGP turned politician Farooq Khan seeking direction to State for providing adequate medicare, food and lodging to the persons displaced due to recent Pakistan firing, Division Bench of State High Court comprising Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur today disposed of the PIL with directions. When the PIL came-up for hearing, Division Bench observed that praying for issuance of directions in the nature of writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to, provide adequate Medicare, food and lodging to the displaced persons because of recent Pakistan firing at International Border at R.S.Pura sector, pay adequate compensation to the family of civilians killed in Pakistani firing and also to the person who are injured in the firing, pay adequate compensation for the loss of property and livestock and also to provide veterinary treatment in view of large number of livestock which suffered injuries and physical disabilities and pay compensation to the affective persons for the losses suffered by them. Division Bench further observed that as per the earlier direction, status report by the State has been filed explaining the steps taken to comply with the prayer made and the compensation paid to the victims as well as the person affected. Division Bench further observed that earlier on two occasions this Court gave directions to file reply to the status report but till date no reply has been filed. Division Bench further observed that Sr. AAG Gagan Basotra submitted that compensation, as prayed for, has been assessed and paid to the deserving persons and the prayer in the PIL rendered infructuous, which is opposed by the counsel for the petitioner. Upon this Division Bench observed that since the compensation has been paid by the Government and the displaced persons are not before this Court, this petition is disposed of grating liberty to the petitioner to find out the persons who have not received adequate compensation and submit the same before the concerned authority, who shall consider the same and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law. (JNF) |
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