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| HC directs Law Secy, Kishtwar DC to submit status report | | PIL seeking shifting of district court complex | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 8: A high court division bench of Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Janak Raj Kotwal today directed commissioner/secretary law, justice and parliamentary affairs and deputy commissioner, Kishtwar, to submit the status regarding the shifting of DC's office complex from old complex to the new complex and consequent upon shifting of the district court complex to the old DC's office complex in terms of letter dated December 27, 2011 issued by the chief minister's secretariat.
These court directions were passed in a PIL filed by Bar Association Kishtwar through its president I A Hamal, seeking directions to the state government to immediately ensure the handing over of entire DC office complex Kishtwar for use of District Courts Kishtwar as the prevalent District Court Complex is not adequate to cater to the need of the judiciary, lawyers and litigants.
After hearing the two sides, the bench issued notices to Secretary Law Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar in the first instance which were accepted by the deputy AG and AAG.
The petitioner's counsel submitted that all Kishtwar courts continue to function from the old structure constructed in 1963 and the existing District Court Complex is not sufficient to accommodate the aforementioned courts properly and the Judicial Officers/Lawyers/Litigants/Prosecution/Public at large are facing acute shortage of space which is adversely affecting the administration of justice at Kishtwar.
He submitted that a delegation of the petitioner association had met then Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on December 16, 2011 at TRC Kishtwar who gave a passionate hearing and issued on spot directions to the District Administration that the Court Complex in Kishtwar shall be shifted to the existing Deputy Commissioner's Office Complex and the Deputy Commissioner's Office would shift to the new complex and further submitted that the new building of Deputy Commissioner's Office in Kishtwar is ready and despite the completion of the complex, the Offices are not being shifted which is delaying the shifting of the District Court Complex in the old DC Office Complex.
He submitted that then CM's categoric directions were not being complied with and on the other hand the petitioner association has reliably learnt that the DIG Doda-Kishtwar-Ramban Range and Senior Superintendent of Police Kishtwar have declared their intentions to shift the office of the SSP Kishtwar instead of District Court Complex to the existing building of DC Office Kishtwar.
After considering the submissions of both the sides, the bench directed Commissioner/Secretary Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs J&K Government and Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar to submit the status regarding the shifting of Deputy Commissioner's Office Complex, Kishtwar from Old Complex to the new complex and consequent upon shifting of the District Court Complex to the Old Deputy Commissioner's Office complex in terms of letter dated December 27, 2011 issued by the CM's secretariat. (JNF) |
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