Hyderabad, March 7 -- The Telangana High Court has expressed strong displeasure at the failure of the government to implement its earlier orders directing payment of bills to contractors who executed works under a government agreement.

The court questioned the Finance Department over the delay and asked how contractors could pay salaries to their employees if the government failed to clear pending bills.

The government argued that it could not pay the contractors' bills because it had to prioritise paying salaries to government employees. However, the court rejected this explanation.

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