Honble RATHORE, J.–The main grievance of the petitioner society is that the respondents are not following provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Slaughter House) Rules, 2000 (for short, the Rules, 2000) as the provisions of Slaughter House Rules 2000 are mandatory in nature.

(2). After referring the mandatory provisions of the Rules 2000, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in the area of Municipality of Jaipur or in the Panchayat area of Chainpura there is no slaughter house conforming to the requirement of the Rules 2000. And no person is having a valid licence for slaughtering. Slaughter house cannot be owned by the Municipal Corporation under the provisions of the Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 1959 (for short, Act of 1959) and also no slaughter house can be built on the land owned by a Municipal Corporation. Therefore, in view of the Directive Principles of State Policy which are contained in Articles 47 and 48 of the Constitution of India the state is required to take up proper steps to raise the level of nutrition, improve public health and for prohibition of slaughter of cows, calves and other milch and draught cattle.

(3). It is further stated that in

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