Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 4: The State High Court will hear 35 cases challenging the proceedings initiated by State Accountability Commission in the complaints against politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen, on June 6, 2012.
As per the directions of Justice J P Singh passed in the petition filed by Minister for Cooperatives, Dr Manohar Lal Sharma, all the SAC matters were listed for hearing in the court of Justice Hasnain Masoodi.
A battery of lawyers representing the politicians/ bureaucrats sought time to assist the Court in all these 35 matters, which are pending for last more than 5 to 7 years rendering the SAC dysfunctional.
With the assistance of the lawyers, Justice Hasnain Masoodi segregated the matters and it was unanimously resolved that since in most of the petitions the power of SAC to initiate suo-moto action has been challenged, it would be appropriate if these petitions are first taken-up for hearing. Accordingly, the matters were posted for June 6, 2012.
It is worthwhile to mention here that the petitions filed by Pt Mangat Ram Sharma, former Deputy Chief Minister, Suman Lata Bhagat, former Health Minister, Peerzada Mohd Syed, former Education Minister, Manohar Lal Sharma, Minister for Cooperatives, Vikas Behal, PRO to former Health Minister Suman Lata Bhagat, Satvir Gupta, former DIG, Atal Dulloo, Commissioner Secretary, Abdul Majid Wani, former Minister and MLA Doda, Sheikh Rafiq Ahmed, former Deputy Commissioner Rajouri, Dr Mohd Deen, retired Commissioner Secretary Animal Husbandry Department, Dr Satvir Gupta, former Director Sheep Husbandry Department, Ashok Parmar, then Vice Chairman JDA, Dharmveer Koul, Executive Engineer PWD, Jamrodh Singh, Inspector JKP and Farhat Qureshi, then Secretary J&K Housing Board are pending in the High Court for last more than five years.
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