HC can’t order water release, says Haryana
Posted: December 19, 2014 1:09 am
Weeks after the Delhi High Court directed
the Haryana government to release water into the concretised channel (CLC) of
the Munak-Haiderpur canal, an affidavit filed by the Haryana government said
the High Court does not have the jurisdiction to issue such orders.
Last month, the court had directed Haryana
to release 719 cusecs of water into the CLC. However, the state government
claimed it was unable to release water as the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) had not
connected its pipelines to the Munak CLC.
It also said it has already released 450
cusecs of water for the Haiderpur water treatment plant.
While the government said it was releasing
water in compliance with the High Court orders and 1996 Supreme Court
directions, it added that the dispute between Delhi and Haryana was an
interstate one and was not within the jurisdiction of a High Court.
The government has further claimed that it
was supplying enough water for the reservoirs at Haiderpur and Wazirabad, and
has raised objections to the DJB’s plan to divert water from the canal to the
Dwarka water treatment plant.
The state had raised this objection
earlier, after which the court had directed DJB to plug the cut made in the CLC
to draw water towards Dwarka.
The state has claimed that the cut has not
been closed properly, and has sought directions to DJB to not take any water
from the disputed cut till the issue is resolved.
The case was to be heard before the court
of Justice B D Ahmed and Justice I S Mehta on Thursday but could not be taken
up.
The court will now take up the issue on
Friday.