Chandigarh, July 17 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has sought an affidavit from the Punjab chief secretary on the status of probe into criminal case registered into alleged post-matric scholarship fraud.

"Considering the fact that allegations in the present petition is against the minister and senior officers and contradictory reports have been filed earlier in this regard, we call upon the Punjab chief secretary to file a status report clearly indicating the stage of investigation and also the action taken in the matter. It goes without saying that a fair and impartial investigation shall be conducted," the bench of acting chief justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and justice Rohit Kapoor observed while posting the matter for August 4. ...