Punjab and Haryana HC quashes govt’s order to remove Jalalabad municipal council chief
Hindustan TimesChandigarh The matter be decided within two weeks thereafter, the bench said. ) The Punjab and Haryana high court has quashed the February 17 order of the Punjab government removing Vikas Deep, president of the Jalalabad municipal council. Congress’ Vikas Deep was removed as the Jalalabad municipal council chief on February 17 this year and on February 27, Natalia Mukhija, a Congress turncoat, was elected as the president. The petitioner was never associated with the inquiry by the vigilance and after this one-sided exercise, the chief vigilance officer submitted a report on the basis of which show-cause notice was issued in October 2022. “It is a settled position of law that it is necessary to supply to the affected person, the entire material on which reliance is placed as admittedly serious consequences flow from such orders, therefore a casual approach cannot be countenanced in any manner,” the bench observed on the argument that he was not even provided with the vigilance report.
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