India, March 18 -- The Noida authority has reinstated a project engineer suspended in 2012 in a graft case related to a former chief engineer of Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway authorities, officials said on Tuesday, adding that the step followed directions of the Allahabad High Court.

Ramendra Singh, then a project engineer, had approached the high court in 2022, on the ground that he had remained under suspension for around 10 years without insufficient evidence and that no charges had been filed personally against him in his suspension case, added officials.

The court on Monday directed the Noida authority to reinstate him while allowing the internal inquiry to continue.

"The engineer submitted a representation requesting...