10-09-2003, 10:52 PM
HC permits PoK citizen to stay in Srinagar
SRINAGAR, Oct 9: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has given permission to Raja Mohammad Hussain Khan, a citizen of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) to reside in Kashmir till further orders.
The State Government had refused Khan permission to reside in Kashmir after his Indian passport expired and he was conferred citizenship by PoK.
A division bench of the High Court comprising Justices V K Jhanji and Syed Bashir-ud-Din admitted the appeal on October 7 and allowed Khan to reside in Srinagar, reversing an earlier order.
Khan had filed a writ petition in the High Court stating that he was a citizen of Jammu and Kashmir under section 6 of the State Constitution and had a right to reside here.
The Court ruled that, till further orders, the appellant shall be allowed to stay in Jammu and Kashmir.
Khan said in his petition that 1984 he had gone to Muzaffarabad, the capital of PoK, on an Indian passport to meet some family members.
He said he had to prolong his stay in Muzaffarabad due to unforeseen circumstances and, as a result, his Indian passport expired. He, therefore, returned to Kashmir on a Pakistani passport with a valid visa.
After the visa period was over he had sought extension of his stay here, apprehending deportation by the authorities.
He was refused permission and he filed a plea in Court, which came up for hearing before a single Judge bench. The Judge had dismissed Khanâs plea.
Khan then approached the High Court against the order. (UNI)
SRINAGAR, Oct 9: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has given permission to Raja Mohammad Hussain Khan, a citizen of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) to reside in Kashmir till further orders.
The State Government had refused Khan permission to reside in Kashmir after his Indian passport expired and he was conferred citizenship by PoK.
A division bench of the High Court comprising Justices V K Jhanji and Syed Bashir-ud-Din admitted the appeal on October 7 and allowed Khan to reside in Srinagar, reversing an earlier order.
Khan had filed a writ petition in the High Court stating that he was a citizen of Jammu and Kashmir under section 6 of the State Constitution and had a right to reside here.
The Court ruled that, till further orders, the appellant shall be allowed to stay in Jammu and Kashmir.
Khan said in his petition that 1984 he had gone to Muzaffarabad, the capital of PoK, on an Indian passport to meet some family members.
He said he had to prolong his stay in Muzaffarabad due to unforeseen circumstances and, as a result, his Indian passport expired. He, therefore, returned to Kashmir on a Pakistani passport with a valid visa.
After the visa period was over he had sought extension of his stay here, apprehending deportation by the authorities.
He was refused permission and he filed a plea in Court, which came up for hearing before a single Judge bench. The Judge had dismissed Khanâs plea.
Khan then approached the High Court against the order. (UNI)