Kashmir to celebrate its own Republic Day?

Kashmir to celebrate its own Republic

 Day?

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SRINAGAR —  The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Wednesday admitted a petition seeking directions to celebrate November 17 as the Republic Day of Jammu and Kashmir.

A bench of Justice DS Thakur issued notices to the government through its chief secretary, High Court through its registrar, chairman of legislative council and speaker of the legislative assembly. Asking them to clear the position on the issue raised by petitioner Abdul Qayoom Khan, the court sought reply within four weeks.

Khan had pleaded before the court that constitutional authorities of the state be directed to use the state flag in their official cars and offices.

The petitioner argued that due to a separate constitution and the autonomous character of the state, unlike other states of India, non-hoisting of the state flag amounts to breach of constitution.

"Non-hoisting of the flag of the state by authorities including Governor, judges of the Hon'ble High Court, constitutes serious breach of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir," the petition says. 

The petitioner sought discharge of constitutional or statutory obligations by all the constitutional authorities and other authorities to use, unfurl and hoist the state flag wherever required on buildings, properties of the state located within or outside of it, official cars and to organise and celebrate November, 17, 1956, as the Republic Day of the state when the people of the state adopted, enacted and gave to themselves the constitution.

The petition has been filed on the basis that Jammu and Kashmir has a separate constitution, which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on November 17, 1956.