Chandigarh, May 27 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) on Tuesday appointed a commissioner to inspect the Dadumajra dumping ground to ascertain whether the Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC)'s claims of waste clearance are factually correct.

The division bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjiv Berry directed the commissioner, advocate Tanu Bedi, to visit the site at 5 pm on Tuesday and submit a report, along with photographs from different angles showing the extent to which the area has been cleared, by May 29.

The directions were passed during the hearing of public interest litigations (PIL) by lawyer Amit Sharma and another individual seeking the removal of legacy waste.

During the hearing, the MC placed before ...