Chandigarh, May 8 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has declined to interfere in a plea by the Punjab government seeking quashing of the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) move to allow additional water allocation to Haryana in April-May 2025.

The high court bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjiv Berry advised the state government to approach the central government instead, reminding the state that it had already passed similar directions in the first round of litigation.

At the heart of the controversy are the April 23 and April 28 decisions of BBMB in 2025, allowing release of 8,500 cusecs of additional water to Haryana despite opposition from Punjab.

The Punjab government refused to accept the decision and deployed...