Chandigarh, March 24 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has categorically told Vasvi Tyagi, secretary of Haryana forest and wildlife department, to ensure that work on demarcation exercise for Morni Hills area is commenced by April 16.

"We make it clear that we had passed final order in this case on June 20, 2025, and it is now nine months, but the work on survey, demarcation etc, has not yet started. If the work on survey, demarcation and settlement of rights does not start latest by April 16, this court will frame charges of contempt (against her)," the bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sumeet Goel said while fixing next date of hearing on April 18.

The court was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed in 2017 b...