Srinagar, Oct. 9 -- The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has given the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) a last three-week deadline to implement its directions on unauthorized constructions, commercial conversion of residential properties and illegal parking in Balgarden, while reiterating the need to fix responsibility on officers allegedly responsible for the violations.

Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal, hearing a petition filed by Ghulam Rasool Zargar and others, observed that despite repeated directions and a time-bound action plan submitted by the authorities themselves, the matter had not been brought to logical conclusion.

The court warned that failure to comply could invite coercive measures in accordance with law for willf...