HC to Punjab: Spell out policy on aviation clubs

Chandigarh: In a judgment which will have far-reaching consequences, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Punjab government to come clean on the issue of running aviation clubs in the State.
A division bench headed by Justice Surya Kant has given six months time to Punjab to formulate an aviation policy and take a “holistic view and form a definite opinion” as to whether it wants the aviation clubs in Punjab to be “controlled by private agencies and/or a de-facto State affair”. While granting time to the state government, the high court ruled that “the State government is fully aware of the fact that the affairs of these clubs cannot be run smoothly unless adequate financial aid is given”.
The directions were passed on a bunch of petitions filed by employees and officials of Patiala Aviation Club.
10/12/13 Indian Express