Centre statersquos delay in filing of reply in NIT case irks HC

  • | Monday | 10th December, 2018

The petition cited correspondence between state and central governments and added that Sumari in Srinagar was declared unfit for setting up of NIT Uttarakhand in a feasibility study conducted by IIT Roorkee. We have made temporary arrangements for students so that they don’t miss out on classes. It had also asked the government to bear the cost of treatment of the student who met with an accident in October while crossing the road to reach the campus. We will also submit a reply before the court within the stipulated time.”Speaking to TOI, Abhijay Negi, counsel for the petitioner, said, “After repeated requests by the state, all respondents, including NIT Srinagar, have been given two more weeks time to file their replies.”The court also allowed the intervention application filed by the villagers of Sumari, where NIT is located at present, terming it “a matter of public interest.”The PIL, filed by NIT alumnus Jasveer Singh, had demanded that an interim campus for the institute be decided at the earliest. Nainital: Days after the Union human resources ministry said that the students of National Institute of Technology ( NIT ), Srinagar will be shifted to a satellite campus in Jaipur, the Uttarakhand high court (HC) on Monday expressed its displeasure over the non-submission of replies by the state and central governments in the matter.The court had on November 16 directed both the governments to submit their reply on a PIL filed by NIT alumnus Jasveer Singh, seeking proper facilities for the students of the institution.Taking note of the state government’s submission that the Centre has decided to shift the campus to Malaviya National Institute of Technology in Jaipur on an interim basis, a division bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice Lokpal Singh said, “It is a sad development that such a premier institute has been moved out of the state, even if temporarily.”Chief standing counsel Paresh Tripathi, who is appearing for Uttarakhand in the case, said, “The state is engaged in detailed correspondence with the Union government on the matter.

Nainital: Days after the Union human resources ministry said that the students of National Institute of Technology ( NIT ), Srinagar will be shifted to a satellite campus in Jaipur, the Uttarakhand high court (HC) on Monday expressed its displeasure over the non-submission of replies by the state and central governments in the matter.The court had on November 16 directed both the governments to submit their reply on a PIL filed by NIT alumnus Jasveer Singh, seeking proper facilities for the students of the institution.Taking note of the state government’s submission that the Centre has decided to shift the campus to Malaviya National Institute of Technology in Jaipur on an interim basis, a division bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice Lokpal Singh said, “It is a sad development that such a premier institute has been moved out of the state, even if temporarily.”Chief standing counsel Paresh Tripathi, who is appearing for Uttarakhand in the case, said, “The state is engaged in detailed correspondence with the Union government on the matter. We have made temporary arrangements for students so that they don’t miss out on classes. We will also submit a reply before the court within the stipulated time.”Speaking to TOI, Abhijay Negi, counsel for the petitioner, said, “After repeated requests by the state, all respondents, including NIT Srinagar, have been given two more weeks time to file their replies.”The court also allowed the intervention application filed by the villagers of Sumari, where NIT is located at present, terming it “a matter of public interest.”The PIL, filed by NIT alumnus Jasveer Singh, had demanded that an interim campus for the institute be decided at the earliest. It had also asked the government to bear the cost of treatment of the student who met with an accident in October while crossing the road to reach the campus. The petition cited correspondence between state and central governments and added that Sumari in Srinagar was declared unfit for setting up of NIT Uttarakhand in a feasibility study conducted by IIT Roorkee.

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