Chandigarh, June 8 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has stayed the penal rent recovery notice slapped by the Chandigarh administration on TVSN Prasad, Haryana Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and former state chief secretary. Prasad retired as chief secretary on October 31, 2024 and was appointed as CIC on May 23, 2025.

The HC bench of justice Kuldeep Tiwari acted on the plea from Prasad, who had challenged the Rs.31.13 lakh recovery notice issued to him on April 23. The court observed that facts of the case prima facie suggest that the respondent authorities are required to re-visit the decision in question.

"Needless to observe that if the respondent authorities intend to reconsider the matter in the meanwhile, they are a...