RAIPUR: The Chhattisgarh high court has stayed its earlier order to issue notice to Raj Bhawan on a petition challenging the ‘delay’ in governor’s assent to the 76% reservation bills, which was passed by the state legislative assembly on December last year.
After hearing the arguments on an application moved by Raj Bhawan Counsel B Gopakumar, the bench of Justice Rajani Dubey said, “One of the silences in the Constitution is in Article 200 which does not prescribe a timeline for the governor to provide assent to Bills sent by the Legislative Assembly. These applications have been filed on the ground that the Secretary to the Governor is also protected on behalf of the Governor. Without commenting anything on the said issue at this stage, considering the orders of the Supreme Court and the provisions of Article 200 of the Constitution of India, it is ordered that till a decision on the aforesaid applications, the effect and operation of the order dated 6.2.2023 passed shall remain stayed."
