India, May 29 -- Chandigarh The Punjab and Haryana high court has stayed the Haryana government order of suspending four senior medical officers over "poor monitoring" of sex-ratio measures.

On May 18, Haryana health department suspended three senior medical officers (SMOs) and one medical officer (MO) for "poor performance" and "failure to ensure" effective monitoring measures related to improving the sex ratio of the state.

Those suspended were Dr Tina Anand (SMO), posted at community health centre (CHC) Purkhas in Sonepat; Dr Vijay Parmar, SMO at CHC Radaur in Yamunanagar; Dr Satpal, SMO at CHC Chiri in Rohtak; and Dr Prabha, MO at CHC Sehlang in Narnaul.

The reported trigger for the move was stated to be a drastic dip in the sex ra...