Order
1. Heard Mr Manohar Lal Sharma-in-Person. In this petition preferred under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has sought many a relief. The principal prayer is that the funds sanctioned to the State of Jammu and Kashmir on various heads is in breach of constitutional provisions and, therefore, the authorities concerned are required to be booked under Section 409 of the Penal Code, 1860 along with Section 13(1)(d)(ii) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. It is also urged by Mr Sharma that the respondents should be prohibited from giving any kind of funds to the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
2. Having heard Mr Sharma at length, we are of the considered opinion that the grant of funds to the State of Jammu and Kashmir for the purposes of security or otherwise is within the exclusive domain of the Central Government. In a matter like this, we are of the considered opinion that a public interest litigation does not deserve to be entertained and, therefore, we are not inclined to interfere. That apart, needless to emphasise, it is not a judicially manageable proceeding and the Court should refrain from entering into the said area.
3. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed.
Court Masters
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