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| HC directs DC, SSP Kathua to stop harassment of petitioners | | Well Water Dispute | | JAMMU, June 13 ( JNF) : On the issue of well water dispute between two communities at Rasooh in Kathua, high court judge, Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir today issued notice to chief secretary, financial commissioner (Home), DGP, divisional commissioner, deputy commissioner, Kathua, SSP, Kathua and SHO of Lakhanpur police station.
The notice is returnable within three weeks. The court directive came in a petition filed by 15 Rasooh residents, seeking direction against those who were not allowing them to take drinking water from the village well because they belonged to other caste.
Mir directed the DC Kathua and SSP to ensure that the petitioners were not subjected to any type of harassment and inconvenience. They were also directed to file their affidavits, indicating therein as to what steps they had taken as regards the allegations made in the petition.
The petitioners prayed that respondents be directed to strictly enforce the constitutional mandate as laid down in Article 14, 15, 16 and 17 of the constitution of India which prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth and also abolition of untouchability. |
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