Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs UP Govt To Release Funds For Erecting Boundary At Disputed UP-Haryana Site

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Government to release funds for erecting boundary pillars at the disputed sites on the UP-Haryana border.

Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Vikas Suri said, "Financial grants in the said regard be forthwith released, inasmuch as, within a period of three weeks from today, so that the work of erection of boundary pillars both within the States of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh becomes completed within a further period of four weeks."

The Court was hearing a batch of petitions filed seeking directions for the preparation of revenue records for lands located along the UP-Haryana border to prevent potential disputes between farmers from both states.

After the construction and installation of the pillars, the Survey of India will verify their positional accuracy, and a digital record of this process will be maintained by the office of the Surveyor General of India.

During the hearing, Counsel appearing for the UP Government submitted that on account of insufficient releases of funds, for the relevant purpose, by the State Government concerned, "therebys boundary pillars falling within the territories of the State of Uttar Pradesh, rather cannot be erected in terms of the survey marks assigned by the officers of the Survey General of India."

Consequently, the Court directed to release the funds and listed the matter for February 25.

Title: DINESH KUMAR & ORS VS STATE OF HARYANA & ORS

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