Certain roads in Secunderabad Cantonment were closed by an arbitrary decison of the General Officer in Command of Telangana & Andhra Sub Area of Indain Army. Aggrieved by this action PIL 62 & 82 of 2014 were filed before the Andhra Predesh High Court. The court's verdict on 26.9.2014 was that General Officer in command is competent to impose restriction on cantonment roads. The respondents in this PIL is Union of India represented by the Ministry of Defence. Please click on this link for the judgment: https://164.100.12.10/hcorders/orders/2014/pil/pil_62_2014.pdf
Subsequent to this judgment Ministry of defefnce on 7.1.2015 issued orders to all heads of Services (Army, Airforce & Navy) to open all roads forthwith that are outside unit lines (Attached file).
The question here is whether or not the Ministry of Defence Order dated 7.1.2015 made the AP High Court judgment infructuous?
Your advise will be much apreciated.
Anand Bala
