Chandigarh, March 1 -- The Haryana government has withdrawn its September 2025 notification, converting the Morni Hills demarcation authority into a three-member body, following a contempt notice issued by the Punjab and Haryana high court on January 30.

Vasvi Tyagi, secretary, forests and wildlife department, government of Haryana, submitted this information before the bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sumeet Goel on February 27.

The issue pertained to a public interest litigation (PIL) filed in 2017 by Vijay Bansal, a Panchkula resident, who had demanded settlement of the Morni Hills area as prescribed under the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887.

The area was formerly a part of the Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh and bec...