HC Slaps notice to 6 Chief Parliamentary Secretaries of Himachal Government
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Shimla, April 21 – The Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued notices to six Chief Parliamentary Secretaries (CPS) of the state government. The court has asked the government and the CPS to reply within three weeks. A division bench of Justice Sandeep Sharma and Justice Virender Singh listed the matter for hearing on May 19. The court passed these orders while hearing a petition filed by People for Responsible Governance.
Principal Secretary Finance along with the Chief Secretary (CS) of the state have been made respondents in the petition. The appointments of CPS Sanjay Awasthi from Arki assembly constituency, Sunder Singh from Kullu, Ram Kumar from Doon, Mohan Lal Brakta from Rohru, Ashish Butail from Palampur and Kishori Lal from Baijnath have been challenged. Another similar petition has been filed before the High Court alleging that even the CM cannot appoint them as per the Constitution.
These appointments will put a burden of more than 10 crores annually on the exchequer. It was told through the petition that such appointments were also made in Punjab, which were challenged before the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The High Court held these appointments unconstitutional.
