New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ticked
off butchers and livestock traders for refusing to shift their
operations to the ultra-modern slaughter house at Ghazipur
from unregulated Igah abbatoir.
"We are all status quoists. We will not move. We do
not want to change. When the whole slaughter house has been
shifted, what are you going to do?," a three-member bench
headed by Justice V S Sirpurkar, snapped at the counsel
appearing for livestock traders and butchers.
"Status quo" refers to an order of a court asking the
parties to a dispute to maintain the same position in a case
as it existed at the time of passing the order.
The butchers and livestock dealers/agents are opposing
MCD`s decision to close down their operations from October 21
as the civic agency had asked them to shift their activities
to the newly-constructed Rs 130-crore ultra modern abattoir at
Ghazipur. They claim the new abattoir lacks adequate
facilities.
The bench, also comprising Cyriac Joseph and Deepak
Verma, said its October 28 order refusing to stay the closure
notices issued by MCD would continue till November 18 when the
matter would be taken up for hearing.
In the meantime, it directed the organisations
representing the butchers and livestock traders and others
affected by MCD`s closure notice to file their replies to the
agency`s contention that it has provided all requisite
facilities at Ghazipur slaughter house.
Bureau Report
