The High Court of Uttarakhand has given the state government a final chance to submit its reply in two weeks in a petition regarding the problems being caused by monkeys and other wild animals in Bagehswar district. The division bench of chief justice KM Joseph and justice Sharad Kumar Sharma heard this public interest litigation seeking issuance of necessary instruction o the government and the department concerned for resolving the problems being caused by simians and other wild animals for the local residents.
According to the case details, Garud residents Janardhan lohumi, Chandrashekhar Badsila, Bagheshwar residents Ashok lohumi and Bhupendra Joshi had filed a PIl in the high court during September 2016. According to sources, in this petition, the State Government has on many occasions sought time from the court but has failed to submit its reply in the court so far. On Monday, the division bench of the high court accorded the final chance to the advocate general for submitting the State Government’s reply in this case. The petition is set to be taken up next by the court on April 27.