DSGMC WELCOMES MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT ORDER STAYING DISLOCATION OF SIKHS OF SHILLONG

New Delhi, February 15 :  The Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has welcomed the decision of the Meghalaya High court staying dislocation of the Sikhs of Shillong without following due process of law and said that this decision will go a long way in securing justice for the community.

          In a statement released here today, the DSGMC working President Harmeet Singh Kalka and General Secretary Mr. Manjinder Singh Sirsa said that members of the Sikh community were unduly being targeted by the government  and the local administration. They said that today’s order of the High court is a big victory to Sikh community facing danger of dislocation in Shillong.

They informed that the High Court judge Justice SR Sen has made it clear that the government  cannot disturb them till the time civil courts are approached and title is decided and both the parties will be given an opportunity of hearing.  The Honourable Court has also given liberty to approach the courts in case the petitioners are aggrieved again.

          The said that Sikhs are residing in the area of Shillong since long time and if at local level any issue had arisen out, it was duty of the local administration and the government to sort it out and protect the right of minorities as enshrined  in the Constitution. The said that but after failure of the Government and the administration, the Sikh has to resort to court to get justice.

          Meanwhile Mr. Jagdeep Singh Kahlon Chairman Legal Cell of the DSGMC has also thanked the legal team of Advocate  Harpreet Singh Hora and advocate Naginder Benipal for pursuing the battle on behalf of Sikh community of Shillong.