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Apex court seeks details of Haj quota
Tuesday May 08, 2012 10:21:48 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Supreme
Court Tuesday sought details of the reservation of 11,000 seats
for various categories in India's annual Haj quota, saying the
subsidy for the pilgrimage and sending a goodwill delegation to
Makkah should be done away with.
The court said that it would look in greater detail how the
special quotas for Haj were allocated.
The categories among which the 11,000 seats are distributed are
Khadim-ul-Hujjaj, Mehram (women), Bohras, pilgrims from Jammu and
Kashmir and Lakshadweep, states/union territories with Haj
applications in excess of the quota, the Haj Committee of India
and the central government.
An apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana
Prakash Desai said: "We would like to know in greater detail how
the special quotas…are allocated."
Pronouncing the interim order, Justice Alam said: "We have some
initial reservations on allocation of seats on recommendation by
dignitaries and eminent persons. We direct the Union of India to
file further affidavit stating in greater detail the way the quota
of 11,000 seats is being allocated for 2012 Haj."
"We would also like to know in greater detail the procedure
followed by the Haj Committee of India and the state Haj
committees in making selection for sending pilgrims for Haj," the
court said.
"We would specially like to examine the functioning of the Haj
committees of the states where the number of applicants exceeds
the quota allotted for the state," the order said.
The court directed the Haj Committee of India to file an affidavit
giving full details of the process of selection of pilgrims from
the applications made to the state Haj committees.
The affidavit should also give details of the charges realised
from the pilgrims and the facilities made available to them.
The order impleaded the Haj committees of Maharashtra, Kerala and
Karnataka and issued notice with a direction to file affidavits
giving details of the selection process and stating state wise how
selections were being made for sending pilgrims for the 2012 Haj.
The court said that the affidavits must be filed within two months
and directed the listing of the matter July 23.
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