The Supreme Court today set aside an interim order of the Himachal Pradesh High Court that had stayed the state government’s decision to shift the OBC Commission from Shimla to Dharamshala. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and N V Anjaria observed that such matters generally pertain to policy decisions and do not ordinarily fall under the judicial domain.

 

However, the bench asked the high court to examine the plea after considering the reply of the Congress-led state government. The court permitted the government to file its response within four weeks.

 

Earlier, on January 9, the Himachal Pradesh High Court had stayed the government’s January 7 decision, while hearing a PIL filed by Ram Lal Sharma, challenging the move to shift the Commission’s headquarters to Dharamshala, while retaining Shimla as a camp office for the Chairman.