The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered status quo on the land and properties of Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal on a plea made by Haryana.
A bench of Justices P C Ghose and Amitava Roy also appointed Union Home Secretary, Chief Secretary of Punjab and the Director General of Punjab Police as receivers, directing them to submit within a week a ground report on the works, property and portions of the SYL canal.
The court also issued notice to Punjab on a plea by senior advocate Shyam Divan for implementation of the five-judge bench judgement of November 10, that had nullified the Punjab Termination of Agreement Act, 2004, which "unilaterally" terminated the 1981 water-sharing pact with Haryana.
The court, however, did not agree to Haryana’s plea for directing the receivers to take possession of the land as was earlier directed in March during the hearing on the President’s reference to the validity of the Punjab’s law of 2004.
Published 30 November 2016, 18:54 IST