Resolve lease issue by govt redress mechanism, SC tells Srinagar hotel

Adds that the representation HCI makes should be viewed sympathetically and the larger interest should be kept in mind, especially since "the petitioner is a government undertaking"

The Supreme Court disposed of a petition filed by a Central government company against the State of Jammu and Kashmir’s termination of its lease to operate its hotel near Dal Lake in Srinagar.

The petitioner, Hotel Corporation of India Limited (HCI), is a fully-owned Central Government company under the administrative control of the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MOCA). The counsel for the petitioner said that the State government had terminated the 99-year lease of their hotel without giving a show cause notice. This action would render the employees of the hotel functioning on the banks of Dal lake unemployed, the petitioner