The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday expressed displeasure at a report filed by the administration, saying it did not address the issue highlighted in a PIL regarding unauthorised occupation of ministerial bungalows by former ministers, legislators and bureaucrats in the Union Territory.
The division bench comprising Chief Justice N Kotishwar Singh and Justice Puneet Gupta directed the J and K administration to apprise the court as to the nature of the accommodation provided to these people as well as the reasons for doing so on the next date of hearing on July 19.
“We have perused the report submitted in sealed cover. The report, however, does not address the issue which was raised before this court, as to whether a person who is entitled to security cover would also be entitled to government accommodation as these are the two separate issues,” the court said in its order.
