CHANDIGARH, Oct. 1 -- The Punjab Transparency and Accountability Commission (PTAC) has imposed a Rs.10,000 penalty on Amritsar municipal corporation commissioner Bikramjeet Singh Shergill for the excessive pendency of cases relating to the sanction of residential building plans and revised building plans, while simultaneously issuing him a show-cause notice on possible disciplinary action.

In a strongly worded order on Wednesday, the commission said 26 cases had remained pending beyond the prescribed time limit, amounting to non-compliance with the Punjab Transparency and Accountability in Delivery of Public Services Act, 2018.

The commission also took exception to the commissioner's failure to respond to an earlier show-cause notice is...