SRINAGAR : The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has dismissed a batch of petitions filed by more than two dozen fair price shop dealers challenging the Union Territory Government’s 2023 Public Distribution System (PDS) Control Order, ruling that the new framework does not violate any fundamental or vested right of the petitioners. Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

A Division Bench of Chief Justice Arun Palli and Justice Rajnesh Oswal upheld SO 41 of 19 January 2023 after hearing multiple connected petitions filed by dealers appointed under earlier guidelines, particularly the 2016 Fair Price Shop policy. The petitioners had opposed the reduction of ration cards per outlet, the introduction of a five-year renewal fee of Rs 1,000, and the upper age limit o

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