Finally, District administration Patiala wakes up; enmarked site for protesters
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ June 12,2023
Today, district magistrate Patiala has issued an order and has enmarked sites for protesters. In his orders, DC Patiala has enmarked particular sites at district, sub division levels for protesters to stage protests.
In today’s order, DC Patiala while issuing orders, has given the reference of the judgment of Punjab and Haryana High court against CWP number 28061 of 2017 , Varinder Pal Singh Vs State of Punjab for enmarking the site for protestors.
Finally, District administration Patiala wakes up; enmarked site for protesters as Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) has seized the PSPCL head office and the Mall Road at Patiala.The district administration has requested the protesting farmer unions and others to shift at the enmarked protesting site as the city residents and commuters are facing a lots of hardship, inconvenience.
What judgment against CWP number 28061 of 2017 says:
“Against such backdrop, intervention was sought of this Court for issuance of guidelines pertaining to holding of demonstration. Reliance had been placed upon judgment of the Apex Court rendered in Destruction of Public and Private Properties Versus State of Andhra Pradesh & others (2009) 5 SCC 212. The petition had came up for preliminary hearing on 08.12.2017 and this Court taking cognizance of the situation whereby hindrance may have been caused in the supply of essential commodities as also preventing smooth passage for patients in distress to the hospitals and such other eventualities, had observed that if any dharna, meeting or congregation is called or held by any of the political party henceforth, without any prior approval of the Deputy Commissioner of the same district, the same would not justify the test of being legal. Directions had been issued to the learned Advocate General of State to ensure that any dharna, meeting or congregation or activity which may leave to disruption of traffic, peace law and order, routine trade business of general public, the same shall not be permitted in the State of Punjab”
