Chandigarh, Oct. 21 -- The Haryana Government will challenge the decision to grant electricity distribution licences for Gurugram and Nuh before the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) within the next five to six days and seek a stay on its implementation, Energy Minister Anil Vij said on Wednesday.

Amid a proposed three-day strike by electricity employees from October 22 to 24, Vij reiterated that the state government stood firmly with the employees and would pursue all available legal remedies against the licensing decision, approaching the Supreme Court if necessary.

Addressing mediapersons in Chandigarh, Vij said that although the prescribed time limit for filing an appeal before APTEL was 45 days, he had directed the departmen...