Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday imposed a cost of Rs.25,000 each on the Chandigarh administration and the municipal corporation in a petition involving legacy waste at the Dadumajra landfill, where the duo have been accused of not filing "proper replies".

The issues, which the petitioner claims that the UT and MC are not responding to properly, deal with seeking investigation into the submission of a "tampered" detailed project report (DPR) in 2023 and filing of false affidavits.

The DPR was prepared by an expert in electrical engineering rather than the required civil/waste management expertise and contained more than 150 handwritten modifications to financial estimates amounting to discrepancies o...