Shimla, Nov. 29 -- Himachal Pradesh high court came down heavily on state government for continuing with adhoc and contractual appointments in courts, saying that "Sovereign functions cannot be allowed to run on ad hoc basis".

"Sovereign functions cannot be allowed to run on ad hoc basis," said the division bench of chief Justice GS Sandhawalia and justice Jiya Lal Bhardwaj during the resumed hearing of the matter related to the adhoc and contractual appointments in courts, despite the Supreme Court recently directing the state "not to take recourse to employing personnel on daily wage basis."

"In spite of this, the state has chosen to make appointments or to make the provisions on daily wage basis, which is in the teeth of the Supreme ...