PIL regarding adequate cleaning of waste, garbage from Sopore town
DB grants four weeks’ time to file status report with costs Rs 1000/-
30/08/2022
Jammu, Aug 29: In a PIL regarding creating dumping place for the garbage and for adequate cleaning of the waste and garbage from the Sopore town, A Division Bench of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Comprising Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Wasim Sadiq Nagral, took serious note and observed that this Court is not inclined to keep granting time for doing a particular thing when the time fixed for the purpose has already expired. The change of the counsel is no ground for granting time to the respondents to file the status report as directed. Nonethless in the ends of justice, DB permit Mr. F.A. Bhat, AAG, to file the status report within a period of one month from today subject to costs of Rs.1000/- which shall be deposited with the Registry within a week.
When the PIL came-up for hearing, DB observed that in pursuance of the order dated 23.07.2021, Mr. M. A. Chashoo, learned AAG, appearing for the Union Territory was directed vide order dated 01.02.2022 to file status report within a further period of one month but even then the report is yet to be filed.
AAG F. A. Bhat, appearing for the first time in place of Mr. M. A. Chashoo, AAG, prays that he may be allowed some additional time to file status report, if not already filed.
DB observed that this Court is not inclined to keep granting time for doing a particular thing when the time fixed for the purpose has already expired. The change of the counsel is no ground for granting time to the respondents to file the status report as directed. Nonethless in the ends of justice, DB permit Mr. F. A. Bhat, AAG, to file the status report within a period of one month from today subject to costs of Rs.1000/- which shall be deposited with the Registry within a week. JNF
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