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Early Times Report
Jammu, July 20: A high court division bench of first puisine judge Ramalingam Sudhakar and Justice B S Walia today appointed a committee for the purpose of submitting a preliminary report as to how the heritage building and objects should be preserved.
The bench said the committee, headed by advocate B S Slathia and the deputy director, Department of Archives, Archeology and Museums, Jammu, might also suggest the remedial measures.
The court directive came in a PIL, highlighting the importance of preserving state's art, museum and archives, particularly the Mubarak Mandi Complex.
The bench observed that the heritage building "contains precious collection of Dogra art and miniatures, manuscript of various era, coins, jewellery, portraits, oil paintings etc. In all, the objects number around 7320 and a reference library having 2600 books is also there.
It is further averred that in the adjoining building, the old records of the Board of Judicial Advisors and the J&K high court when it was functioning from that building are still housed in the said premises and need to be preserved".
"These art collections at the Dogra Art Museum and the Court records are of great value and those need to be preserved and protected, as is evident from reply to the RTI application which says that except basic preservation method like using of Napthlene balls and anti-termite treatment, the heritage museum like all other old buildings is suffering from insufficient staff, lack of proper maintenance and funds.
This is evident from the statement made by the deputy director in his RTI reply where he stated that rain water enters the heritage building during the rainy season.
He also states that they are working in an unsafe building which is a matter of serious concern," the court observed.
During the court proceedings, senior high court advocates volunteered to assist the court in any manner for safeguarding the heritage building and the objects contained therein.
The bench then appointed a committee headed by senior advocate B S Slathia and the deputy director, Department of Archives, Archeology and Museums, Jammu, and asked it to submit a preliminary report as to how the heritage building and the objects should be preserved and may suggest all remedial measures.
Salathia would be at liberty to choose any member of the legal fraternity who might be interested to assist him.
"The committee may also suggest measure for improving the security that may be required to effectively manage and avoid the theft or removal of valuable art and artifacts," the bench said.
The bench also directed the registry to take photocopy of the petition and its annexures and supply it to the respondents' counsel as well as to Salathia and the deputy director along with a copy of this order within this week so as to enable them to submit a preliminary report in the week commencing August 22, 2016. (JNF) |
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