Taking serious note of non-compliance with its orders, the High Court of Himachal Pradesh has directed the chief secretary of Himachal Pradesh to attach the salary of the secretary (education) within two days. The petitioners approached the HC with the plea that they are superannuated employees of the privately run educational institutions, taken over by the Himachal Pradesh government and are entitled for financial benefits like gratuity and leave encashment.
The Division Bench of Himachal HC passed the order on a petition taken up suo motu by the court as public interest litigation, on a letter addressed to the chief justice, by one Raju, a resident of Chail Chowk. The petitioner has alleged that at the behest of the DFO, Nachan, who is posted as such, for more than five years, thousands of green trees have been felled in the forest division, Nachan.
The Court said that the Constitutional guarantee of expeditious trial cannot be diluted by applying the rigors of Section 37 of the NDPS Act in perpetuity.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued a circular requesting all to hoist the National Flag in their homes as part of the 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign of the Central government.