Himachal Pradesh HC order to attach Himachal Bhawan a "normal routine process": HP Advocate General Anup Rattan
Nov 19, 2024
New Delhi [India], November 19 : Himachal Pradesh Advocate General Anup Kumar Rattan on Tuesday termed the Himachal Pradesh High Court's order to attach Himachal Bhawan in Delhi as a normal routine process and added that it became news because the High Court mentioned the possibility of auctioning the Bhawan.
Speaking to ANI, HP Advocate General Rattan said, "This order of the High Court has come in an execution petition in which Seli Hydropower has filed an execution that the order given in their favour by the single judge should be returned the upfront premium of Rs 64 crore because the government has not deposited that money in the appellate court. Therefore, this order has been given by the Executing Court in a normal routine process. But this is becoming news because the High Court has said about auctioning Himachal Bhawan and that this property can also be attached."
The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday passed an order to attach the Himachal Bhavan in Delhi's Mandi House after the Congress-led Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu government failed to clear overdue electricity bills.
Meanwhile, Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Jairam Thakur on Tuesday criticized the Congress government led by Sukhwinder Sukhu and accused it of "destroying" the state.
Speaking to ANI, Thakur said, "The present government has completely destroyed Himachal Pradesh and the way the investment that was going to come in the hydro sector in the name of the new policy and the people who were working in the project, all of them are unhappy with the Himachal Pradesh government and are leaving. Whatever projects we have with the Government of India, whether it is with SJVN, NTPC or NHPC, the agreements that we had made with them in the past, have also been questioned."
Thakur also criticised the Sukhwinder Sukhu-led Congress government and said that in the last two years, Himachal Pradesh has faced one failure after another under the rule of this government.
"The loss that Himachal Pradesh has suffered in these 2 years has affected the state a lot...If we see the sequence of decisions in Himachal Pradesh, one after the other, they are a big setback for Himachal Pradesh. It is a matter of great sorrow," he said.
