RTI Reveals JDA is entangled in 542 Court Cases
Jammu Development Authority,
the government body responsible to ensure proper development of Jammu district
and building law enforcing agency is presently facing 542 court cases including
cases in High Court and Supreme Court of
India.
The information has been
provided by Ajay Raina (KAS) Public Information Officer of the JDA under the
Right to Information Act.
In reply to RTI application
of Jammu resident Raman Sharma regarding the pending cases in different courts
wherein JDA has been arrayed as appellant or respondent , the JDA vide its
letter no JDA/AO/RTI/265/15 dated 04/Apr/2022 has stated that there are 542 court cases wherein JDA has
been arrayed as party in the cases.
In its reply, Ajay Raina,
Accounts Officer and Public Information
Officer of Jammu Development Authority has informed that there are 136 Cases
Pending in Subordinate Courts, 404 in Honourable Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh
High Court and 02 cases pending in Supreme Court wherein Jammu Development
Authority has been arrayed as party in these court cases.
RTI application seeking this
information related to court cases was filed in the first week of February 2022
with the JDA and as per law, the information should have been provided to the applicant within
30 days that is in the month of March
2022, but in the present case the Public Information Officer has provided
information to the applicant after a
long delay which is clear violation of the Right to Information Act 2005.
