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Tour
operators get court nod for handling Haj pilgrims
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 09:25:04 PM,
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New Delhi:
The Supreme Court Tuesday upheld the central government’s Haj
policy for the year 2010 thereby clearing the way for 615 private
operators to take pilgrims to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia starting
October.
The decks for these private operators to arrange the travel of
pilgrims were cleared after an apex court bench of Justice
Mukundakam Sharma and Justice Anil R. Dave set aside a Kerala High
Court order by which it had set aside the 2010 Haj policy.
The court said that it was not inclined to upset the existing
arrangement and grant the prayer of the new private operators for
allocation of Haj pilgrims as the same would open a Pandora’s box.
The court noted the central government’s assurance that it would
consider the application of the 30-odd new operators, involved in
litigation, in 2011 while allocating pilgrims for travel and stay
in Jeddah.
The court in its order directed the government to give preference
to new operators subject to their suitability.
The court also noted that in 2009 the new operators were kept out
as the eligibility terms required that they should have applied
for allocation of pilgrims for two year in succession earlier.
However, the 2010 policy said that only those operators could
apply for allocation of pilgrims who had applied in 2009.
As a result, those who were excluded in 2009 continued to remain
out of the 2010 process.
There are 45,491 Indian Haj pilgrims whose travel and stay in
Jeddah is taken care of by 615 private operators. These pilgrims
are in addition to about 115,000 others whose travel and stay is
handled by the Haj Committee.
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