Lucknow: The Allahabad high court directed the Uttar Pradesh government on Friday to start issuing licences and no-objection certificates to meat sellers. The interim order of the HC’s Lucknow bench came as a major relief for meat sellers, whose licences were not renewed by the government after March.
The bench of justices AP Shahi and Sanjay Harkauli also directed the government to file a reply on July 17 the next date of hearing about the steps taken in compliance of the order.
“The state government cannot shy away from its responsibility of regulating slaughter houses,” said justice Shahi, while reading out the operative part of the order.
The order implies that traders can apply for fresh licences or for a renewal. Even those whose slaughterhouses were shut down can now apply.
