The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ruled that the absence of prior consultation with the Halqa Panchayat in issuing a tender for the construction of Veterinary and Sheep Extension Centres does not violate the J&K Panchayati Raj Act, 1989, nor does it render the tendering process illegal.A bench of Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal observed that although the Panchayati Raj...