Early Times Report
Jammu, July 6: Division Bench of Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Janak Raj Kotwal today issued notice to chief secretary and eight nominated MLCs in a PIL, seeking quashment of April 9, 2015 government notification/SRO No 122.
The Division Bench, after after hearing the petition, in person issued notice to Chief Secretary, Commissioner/Secretary GAD, Principal Secretary to Governor, Secretary to Government, Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, J&K Government, Secretary Legislative Council, Zaffar Iqbal Manhas, Ashok Khajuria, Vikramaditya Singh, Ramesh Arora, Saif-Ud-din Bhat, Ajatshatru Singh, Mohammad Khurshid Alam and Surinder Mohan Ambardar returnable within six weeks and in the meanwhile respondents to file response to the PIL.
The court directive came in a PIL filed by Shah Mohammad Choudhary, former member of J&K State Advisory Board for Development of Gujjars and Bakerwals, seeking quashment of the Notification / SRO No. 122 of 9th April, 2015 issued by the Secretary to Government, Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, J&K Government, by virtue of which, under Sub Section 6 of Section 50 of Constitution of J&K, Zaffar Iqbal Manhas, Ashok Khajuria, Vikramaditya Singh, Ramesh Arora, Saif-Ud-din Bhat, Ajatshatru Singh, Mohammad Khurshid Alam and Surinder Mohan Ambardar have been nominated as Members of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council against the seats available in the said House. (JNF) |
