The Court was dealing with a public interest litigation (PIL) petition that had raised concerns about water logging in Guwahati, which the Court noted has been persisting for a long time.
On June 3, the Court granted ten days for various State departments to file their response to this petition.
The response was sought from the Assam government, as well as the State’s Forest and Environment Department, the Revenue and Disaster Management Department, the Assam Disaster Management Authority and the Divisional Forest Officer (Kamrup division).
However, on June 26, the Court was displeased to find that these authorities were yet to file their response.
After giving one more opportunity to file this response, the Court adjourned the hearing of the petition till July 19.
The Court added that the costs imposed on the State departments are to be paid to the Gauhati High Court Legal Services Authority by the next date of hearing.
Source: Barandbench
