Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 1: In a contempt petition filed by Satinder Singh against the respondents for not implementing the judgment dated December 31, 2021, whereby High Court issued directions for initiating the process of conducting elections to the Gurdwara Prabandhak Committees, Justice M A Chowdhary has directed the respondents to finalize the nomination within a period of two weeks and submit the compliance report failing which Principal Secretary, Revenue shall appear in person.
When the contempt petition came up for hearing, petitioner Joginder Singh produced a communication vide No. DMJ/LO/21 -22/5699-5701 dated 15.03.2022 of Additional Deputy Commissioner (Law & Order) Jammu addressed to Divisional Commissioner, Jammu for nomination of District Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee Jammu out of the short listed 21 persons and stated that the Divisional Commissioner is sitting over the matter and not finalizing the same.
”The judgment was served on the respondents through speed post and the period of three weeks as was fixed in the judgment within which the respondents had to issue the notification for nominating the fresh members of the Committees, having elapsed, nothing has been done by the respondents, as a result, the day to day religious affairs of different Gurdwaras under the District Gurdwara Prabandhak Committees in the Union Territory of J&K are suffering a lot”, the contempt petition said.
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