Punjab and Haryana has directed the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association that the latter should hold an ordinary meeting and submit a report regarding creation of a corpus for electric golf carts to ply between the parking lot and additional space for the High Court. The case was adjourned to December 13.
A division bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Anil Kshetrapal gave this direction while hearing a petition filed by Punjab and Haryana High Court Employees Association Secretary Vinod Dhatterwal to implement the overall development plan of the High Court. which envisages setting up multi-storied buildings to meet the need for additional space.
During the resumed hearing on the issue of additional space for parking, Chandigarh administration’s senior standing advocate Amit Jhanji said that 80 percent of the work has been completed and the additional parking area will be operational within a week.
Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association Secretary Swarna Singh Tiwana said a consensus would be reached among all members of the association to purchase electric golf carts to move between the parking lot and the additional space at the High Court. On Tiwana’s petition, the bench directed the bar association to convene a general meeting or office bearer meeting to form a corpus among the members of the association and submit a report on the date of the next hearing.
Additional Solicitor General of India Satyapal Jain prepared a letter issued on November 27 by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India addressed to the Principal Secretary (Forest), Chandigarh, in which in-principle approval has been given. The land falling within the jutting out portion of the Rock Garden is provided for diversion of forest to non-forest purposes subject to certain conditions. By Forest Department and UT Administration. The bench directed the forest department and the Chandigarh administration to fulfill the conditions within 15 days and submit a compliance report on the next date of hearing.
On the issue of allotment of building in Sector 17, Chandigarh for the administrative branches of the High Court, the UT Council submitted a letter dated November 28 addressed to the owner of the basement by the Executive Engineer, Capital Project Division No. 6, Chandigarh. SCO No. 54-55-56, Sector 17-A, Chandigarh Ground Floor, 1st Floor and 2nd Floor, to lease the above premises to the High Court for a period of one year from the date of handover of possession on certain terms and conditions, which is the Technical Evaluation Committee. .
The High Court directed the Chandigarh administration before the next date of hearing to settle with the property owner and complete all formalities to ensure execution of the lease deed and transfer the ownership of the property to the Registrar General. the court
For the construction of a veranda in front of Court Room No. 1, the UT counsel informed that the proposed map has been sent to the Archaeological Survey of India for approval. In the 24th meeting of the Chandigarh Heritage Conservation Committee (CHCC) held on September 19, Foundation Le Corbusier Paris was contacted to share the necessary drawings/data in this regard and it was also informed that the in-principle proposal for the recovered construction was approved. project.
On a submission by the UT Council, the High Court directed the UT administration to start construction of the verandah in front of Court Room No. 1 and the same type of Court Room No. 2 to 9 within two weeks. Completing the construction process within four weeks.
In the case of construction of slip road all round at the junction of Uttarmark and Janmarg, the bench directed, “Let the rough estimate of the construction of slip road be submitted positively before the next hearing and the date of commencement of progress. The fortnightly report in this regard should also show the construction, failing which this Court may order any of the UT Administration Coercive action will be taken against the employees.”
Meanwhile, noting that the fortnightly report, as directed by the High Court, has not been filed by the UT administration, the bench took exception to this and said it had given it a last chance to file the compliance report before the next day of hearing.