Civic body, govt seek time to respond to contempt plea

  • | Friday | 27th July, 2018

They have yet to comply with the high court directions of March 7, he said, seeking that these officials be added as respondents. While allowing the petitioner to add names of three officials as respondent, the bench set the next date of hearing as August 2. The high court has now issued notices to the civic body and other respondents.On Thursday, Palodkar told the court that the new chief secretary and the municipal commissioner and district collectors have taken over charge of their respective offices about two months ago. The lawyer also sought to add the new chief secretary, the municipal commissioner, and the district collector as respondents.Rahul Kulkarni had filed a public interest litigation through lawyer Devdutta Palodkar seeking directions to the civic body to dispose of garbage and municipal waste. This was after AMC failed to find an alternative to the Naregaon dumping yard.The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court, disposing of the petition on March 7, directed the civic body to immediately transfer the waste and dispose it according to Solid Waste Management Rules 2016.Kulkarni approached the court again as the civic body failed to do as the court directed.

Aurangabad: Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and the state government on Thursday sought time to file their replies in the contempt petition filed by Rahul Kulkarni, whose petition was disposed by the high court on March 7 following assurances given by the state government and AMC on garbage disposal in the city.However, when the civic body that failed to address the issue even after directions from the court, the petitioner approached the court again through lawyer Devdutta Palodkar.The matter came up before the high court bench comprising Justice SS Shinde and Justice VK Jadhav on Thursday, when the lawyer representing the petitioner drew the attention of the court toward the failure of the civic body on garbage disposal. The lawyer also sought to add the new chief secretary, the municipal commissioner, and the district collector as respondents.Rahul Kulkarni had filed a public interest litigation through lawyer Devdutta Palodkar seeking directions to the civic body to dispose of garbage and municipal waste. This was after AMC failed to find an alternative to the Naregaon dumping yard.The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court, disposing of the petition on March 7, directed the civic body to immediately transfer the waste and dispose it according to Solid Waste Management Rules 2016.Kulkarni approached the court again as the civic body failed to do as the court directed. The high court has now issued notices to the civic body and other respondents.On Thursday, Palodkar told the court that the new chief secretary and the municipal commissioner and district collectors have taken over charge of their respective offices about two months ago. They have yet to comply with the high court directions of March 7, he said, seeking that these officials be added as respondents. While allowing the petitioner to add names of three officials as respondent, the bench set the next date of hearing as August 2.

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