‘Situation is pathetic, unbelievable’
* Asks CS to resolve issue on priority
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 19: After a complete power failure in the Srinagar Wing of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, a Division Bench has requested the Chief Secretary of the J&K UT to resolve the electricity issue of the court.
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The Division Bench comprising Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi raised serious concern when the High Court encountered a power failure during the court hours. The DB termed the situation as “pathetic and unbelievable”.
“During court hours, the High Court has suffered a complete power failure. The generator is also not working. There are no lights. The Air Heating Unit (AHU) is also not functional. It is pathetic and unbelievable that this is the condition of the Srinagar Wing of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh”, the DB said.
The DB further said, “power failure has taken place at about 09:45 am and has still not been restored when this order was passed at about 11.28 am. The matter has gone from bad to worse”.
Stressing that a permanent solution to the problem is required, the DB said, “this court requests the Chief Secretary of the Union Territory to pass necessary orders to solve this problem forthwith. The solution may vary from having a separate power line to the High Court which does not experience any downtime and also supported by generators of such capacity which can power the entire High Court and also the Air Heating Unit without interruption in the event of the dedicated power supply to the High Court fails”.
The DB directed Registry to list the matter on Wednesday—February 21 on top of the list for further orders. “A copy of this order be furnished to the Chief Secretary of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir under the seal and signature of Bench Secretary today itself”, read the order.
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