Punjab & Haryana HC Slams Govt For Not Executing Orders In Time [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has slammed the state while observing that in a large number of cases, orders passed by the writ court are not being complied with within the stipulated time frame. The court also warned that exemplary costs would be deducted from the salary of erring officials.In a case dealing with land acquisition, petitioner Delhi Fransalian Society had filed a. In a case dealing with land acquisition, petitioner Delhi Fransalian Society had filed a contempt petition against Vikas Gupta and other respondents for allegedly violating order dated July 09, 2015, passed by a division bench of this court. It has been noticed in large number of cases that orders passed by the writ court are not being complied with within the time frame fixed by the court.’ The petitioner had initially approached the high court for quashing of notifications issued under the Land Acquisition Act dated 17.11.2005 u/s 4, 7.02.2006 u/s 6 of the Act and the award dated 03.03.2006, regarding a land plot situated in Sonepat district.