Neeraj BaliChandigarh, Oct. 6 -- The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a contempt-of-court notice to Punjab Chief Secretary K.A.P. Sinha in a case concerning pending dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) dues of state government employees and pensioners, after taking a serious view of what it said was incorrect information placed before the court.
The court directed Sinha to appear personally on October 9 and file an affidavit explaining why criminal proceedings should not be initiated against him over the filing of allegedly incorrect affidavits, according to advocate Sunny Singla, counsel for the petitioners.
Sinha was present in court during the proceedings."The court has issued strict directions and asked the chief s...