STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Chief Justice of J and K High Court at Srinagar Wing disposed off the petition filed for implementing the judgment of State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) whereby SHRC had asked the State Government / District Administration to sanction and pay ex-gratia relief of rupees one lakh in favour of next of kins of a surrendered militant who was killed by unidentified gunmen and in addition extend benefit of SRO 43 of 1994 in favour of the eligible next of kins or in the alternative extend benefit under SRO 199 of 2008 read with Government order No.893-GAD of 2008 dated 4th July, 2008 with the direction to Chief Secretary for implementing the order of the SHRC within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order.
The petition was filed by Shakeela Akhter, whose brother Hameed Makroo, got swayed by militancy in the year 1994 crossed over LoC and after some time returned back. He was arrested by the army and remained in jail for six months. He was later released on 7th January, 1994. Consequently, he was kidnapped by some unidentified gunmen who later on killed him and his dead body was found on 13th September, 1994 on a nearby road of Gund Khali Naina.
The complaint before the State Human Rights Commission was filed on 11th March, 2009 wherein the State of Jammu and Kashmir was shown as party respondent and SHRC after going through the facts and material on 9th March, 2012 passed the order.
When no action was taken up to December, 2012, the petitioner filed this writ petition on 29th December, 2012.
The said order has not been challenged by the respondents before any forum much less before this court. Thus finding rendered by the State Human Rights Commission have attained finality and same was bound to be implemented by the respondents. Advocate Bilal Ahmad Malla appeared for the petitioner while AAG B.A Dar represented the state.
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