Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 19: In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by an RTI activist Balvinder Singh seeking directions to disband the mode and practice of depositing of payments under all Major Heads of all Public Authorities to avoid giving undue benefit to the J&K Bank by means of commissions, Division Bench of the High Court comprising Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir and Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur today issued notice to State to file requisite response within two weeks.
In the PIL, prayer has also been made for withdrawal of all officials of State Government deputed to J&K Bank for collecting remittance of challans of various denominations. The petitioner has also been seeking direction to the official respondents to take on itself the receipts and treasury transactions to get rid of payment of commission by adopting the mode of remittance of payment in the particular department itself or in the Government treasury.
After hearing Senior Advocate Sunil Sethi with Advocate Deewakar Sharma for the petitioner and Advocate Vipan Gandotra for the J&K Bank, DB granted two weeks time to file requisite status and directed Registry to list the PIL on June 2, 2014.
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