Kashmir Digits

The J&K High Court has sought details on religious structures that have come up on public land ‘illegally” through encroachment.

The court had said the information should be complied within six weeks and placed before the Chief Secretaries of J&K and Ladakh, who in turn in consultation with the concerned competent authorities would take a policy decision to be placed before the court by November 9. “But till date no information has been placed before the Court,” the bench said while hearing on its own motion a Public Interest litigation.

The court expects action to be taken for removal of such encroachments.

The Court granted the AG and T M Shamsi, ASGI appearing for the Union Territory of Ladakh six weeks’ time to furnish the desired information from the date on which it passed its order. “In the meantime, the authorities are expected to take strict action for removal of all religious illegal encroachments from public places,” it said.

 The Supreme Court had said that “no unauthorized construction shall be carried out or permitted in the name of temple, church, mosque or gurudwara on public streets, public parks or other public places.”