Chandigarh, Sept. 12 -- The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) has told the Punjab and Haryana high court that three engineers from Punjab are like 'private persons' and have no locus standi to challenge the appointment process for the secretary's post.

In response to a petition filed by the three engineers from Punjab, the BBMB said, "The petitioners are employees of the State of Punjab and .are not working in the respondent Board. Therefore, the petitioners, being outsiders, have no locus standi to challenge the action of the respondent Board taken in the interest of the Board constituting internal functioning of an organisation."

On August 27, the high court stayed the appointment process on the pleas from these engineers challengin...