BATHINDA : A Bathinda district court will hear a case of alleged encroachment of public land by a doctor on April 9.
Hearing a petition filed by Dr Gajendra Shekhawat on February 13, additional district and sessions judge Dinesh Kumar Wadhwa granted a stay on registering a first information report (FIR) against the petitioner.
Hearing the matter again, the court on February 26 rescheduled the hearing on April 9 and extended a stay order till the next date of hearing.
On March 12, the Bathinda deputy commissioner had written to the financial secretary (revenue) with a copy to the chief secretary and others stating a delay in police action in the case of alleged land grabbing of 12,000 yards belonging to Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL).
There was no mention of a stay order on an FIR by a local court in the matter of alleged encroachment.
After an anonymous complaint, the administration had instituted a departmental probe.
After a departmental probe based on the revenue records, the DC office had on January 25 written to lodge an FIR against Shekhawat and others for further investigation.