Srinagar, Dec. 12 -- Putting to rest long dispute between Siligam and Aishmuqam villages and the administrative "lethargy" about the establishment of a degree college, the High court of J&K and Ladakh on Thursday directed that the college be established at Aishmuqam, Pahalgam.

Recording his anguish over the "administrative inefficiency", to solve the matter with sagacity and promptness and save the future of a generation, Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal said "the issue that should have been resolved with promptness and clarity at the executive level, has instead led to prolonged and unnecessary litigation."

The agonising tale concerns two writ petitions, each seeking the establishment of a proposed Government Degree College at the respective...