Abattoir: High Court seeks reply on meat shop licence renewal on April 3

LUCKNOW: The Allahabad High Court today sought a reply from the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) on April 3 in the matter of renewal of licenses of meat shops in the state capital.

The Lucknow bench of the court asked why the LMC had not renewed the licenses of meat shops, which expired in 2014.

A division bench of justices Amreshwar Pratap Sahi and Sanjay Harkauli gave the order on an application moved in a writ petition of 2015 filed by Shahabuddin and many other meat sellers.

According to petitioner's counsel GC Sinha, the meat shop licenses of the petitioners were not renewed after 2014.

The petitioners moved a writ petition in the high court in 2015 and the court had sought reply from the respondents, Sinha said.

He also said that an application, seeking directions for renewal of these licenses was also moved.