Model Code of Conduct won’t affect relief work in J&K: EC tells SC
8 Nov 2014 5:30 AM IST
‘All relief work and enabling administrative work can be undertaken by the governments,’ the counsel for the Election Commission (EC) told the bench headed by chief justice H L Dattu.
The poll panel also apprised the bench that various communications among cabinet secretary, chief secretary of the state government and the chief electoral officer of Jammu and Kashmir have been made in this regard and it has been clarified on 5 November that relief and rehabilitation work can go on ‘unhindered’.
The bench, however, said that it will not deal with other aspects of the case Friday and fixed the PIL, filed by Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party chief Bhim Singh, for hearing on 14 November.
Meanwhile, the bench also asked the centre to apprise it of their stand on the state government’s demand of Rs 44,000 crore for relief and rehabilitation work.
On allegation that poor quality food articles were being supplied to flood victims in the state, the bench said, ‘We expect good governance from the state government’.
The poll panel also apprised the bench that various communications among cabinet secretary, chief secretary of the state government and the chief electoral officer of Jammu and Kashmir have been made in this regard and it has been clarified on 5 November that relief and rehabilitation work can go on ‘unhindered’.
The bench, however, said that it will not deal with other aspects of the case Friday and fixed the PIL, filed by Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party chief Bhim Singh, for hearing on 14 November.
Meanwhile, the bench also asked the centre to apprise it of their stand on the state government’s demand of Rs 44,000 crore for relief and rehabilitation work.
On allegation that poor quality food articles were being supplied to flood victims in the state, the bench said, ‘We expect good governance from the state government’.
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