JAMMU: Division Bench of the J&K High Court comprising Chief Justice, Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Rajnesh Oswal in a PIL filed by a practising Lawyer of J&K High Court Irtiza Mushtaq Salaria through Advocate Sheikh Shakeel Ahmed, has quashed the illegal and arbitrary allotment of 8 municipal flats situated at Gandhi Nagar, Jammu which had been allotted by JMC on pick and choose basis to its ex-officers and some private individuals.
Apart from quashing the allotments, the DB also quashed the subsequent rent agreements executed in favour of the illegal allottees.
In reference to 587 municipal shops, 191 municipal flats and 30 number of garages, the DB further directed the JMC to proceed in this matter in accordance with law and as per the Judgements of the Apex Court referred in this case and action be initiated within a period of 6 months and further extendable by another 6 months only.
The illegal allottees whose allotments have been quashed include Jeet Lal Gupta (IAS) former Comm. / Secy. To Govt. of J&K, Housing and Urban Development Department; R.S. Jamwal (KAS) former Joint Commissioner (Adm) JMC; Madan Mohan Khajuria, Ex-P.A. to Commissioner JMC; Narender Sharma, President PEACE (NGO); Surinder Kumar, P.S.O. to former Comm. / Secy. To Govt. of J&K, Housing and Urban Development Department; Balbir Singh (Driver, SUDA); Bharat Bhushan (Driver, JMC); Chain Singh and Kharati Lal.