Himachal moves SC after HC quashes appointment of 6 parliamentary secretaries
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Himachal moves SC after HC quashes appointment of 6 parliamentary secretaries

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Himachal Pradesh government has moved the Supreme Court seeking authorisation of the appointment of six parliamentary secretaries which was recently quashed by the high court for being “illegal and unconstitutional”. The Himachal Pradesh High Court had on November 13 quashed the appointment of six chief parliamentary secretaries by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led government and declared the law under which they were appointed void. Sukhu had appointed the six chief parliamentary secretaries — Sanjay Awasthi, the MLA from Arki constituency, Sunder Singh from Kullu, Ram Kumar from Doon, Mohan Lal Barakta from Rohru, Ashish Butail from Palampur and Kishori Lal from Baijnath — on January 8, 2023 ahead of his cabinet expansion. While quashing the appointment, the high court had directed that all the facilities and privileges of the six chief parliamentary secretaries be withdrawn with immediate effect.

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