Shimla, April 7 -- A fresh political storm has erupted in the controversy over allegations against the Acting Chief Secretary Sanjay Gupta of the Himachal Pradesh government after the Communist Party of India (Marxist) demanded registration of an FIR against Sanjay Gupta, who is already under scanner in the Chester Hills land case.

This demand comes in following a Himachal Pradesh High Court stay on a key portion of his order passed despite an alleged lack of jurisdiction under the Municipal Act, in a petition filed by the Municipal Corporation of Solan.

The civic body approached the High Court, contending that the Additional Chief Secretary (TCP) had no powers under the Municipal Act, and that the impugned order not only directed withd...