Slamming the UT administration’s “couldn’t care less” attitude when it comes to compliance of its orders, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has warned that it would have to resort to “firm measures” to ensure conformity.
In its order Monday, a Division Bench of Justices Atul Sreedharan and Javed Iqbal Wani ordered Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, Principal Secretary Finance Santosh D Vaidya, Secretary General Administration Department Sanjeev Verma and the Secretary PWD (Roads and Bridges) Bhupinder Kumar to be present at the court hearing Thursday. This came after two of the four civil servants skipped court appearance in a contempt petition, angering the bench