Chandigarh, May 10 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday said that its May 6 order, asking for the release of additional water to Haryana from the Nangal facility of Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), should have been complied with.

"As long as the order stands, it should have been complied with," the bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sumeet Goel observed as Punjab reasoned that as per provisions of the May 2 decision of Centre, whose compliance the high court had ordered was 'illegal' as it was passed by the union home secretary and not the union power secretary who was competent authority as per provisions of the law.

"Judicial order was there (May 6 order of HC). Passed by competent authority or not, it was our...