Jammu, July 19 -- A division bench of J&K and Ladakh high court on Friday deferred the hearing into arms licence scam allegedly involving bureaucrats because of paucity of time. Chief justice Arun Palli and justice Rajnesh Oswal directed the registry to list PIL No.09/2012 (infamous Arms Licences Scam) titled Sheikh Mohd. Shafi & Anr V/s Union of India and others on August 7. When this much publicised PIL came up for hearing, senior additional advocate general (AAG) appearing for UT of J&K informed the division bench that pursuant to order dated April 24, the general administration department (GAD) has filed a comprehensive status report indicating the steps taken as directed by the division bench. Advocate SS Ahmed appearing for the petitioners submitted that he has already received the copy of the said status report filed by GAD. Looking into the importance of the matter, the bench directed the registry to re-list the instant PIL on August 7. The CBI is investigating the infamous arms licence scam that happened between 2012 to 2016 which was transferred to it by the government of J&K in the year 2018 and CBI registered two FIRs. So far Government of India has granted prosecution sanction only against one IAS Officer and chargesheet/challan has been filed against the said officer in the designated CBI Court. The J&K government in March, 2021, granted prosecution sanction against the JKAS officers allegedly involved in the arms licences scam and more than 15 charge-sheets have been filed by the CBI in the matter in both the designated courts at Jammu and Srinagar.htc...