Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 8: Chief Justice of State High Court, Justice M M Kumar has transferred from Srinagar Wing to Jammu the petition filed by J&K Bank challenging the order of Full Bench of State Information Commission whereby the bank was declared as “Public Authority”.
After hearing the both the sides, Chief Justice observed, “the petition should have been filed in the Jammu Wing of the High Court as the decision challenged in the writ petition has been passed at Jammu and out of nine complainants, seven are permanent residents of Jammu province”.
“As the Bank has its established office at Jammu also, no inconvenience would be caused to the Bank to prosecute its case at Jammu. On the other hand, the applicant and others could not be asked to defend their case at Srinagar for the sole reason that Bank has its head office at Srinagar”, the Chief Justice said and directed for transfer of OWP No. 616/2012 titled as J&K Bank Limited Versus J&K State Information Commission and Others pending in the Srinagar Wing to the Jammu Wing of the High Court. Registrar (Judicial) Srinagar Wing was directed to send the file to Jammu Wing for listing the same as per roster in Jammu Wing.
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