Chandigarh, Aug. 23 -- The Chandigarh administration has told the Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) that there is no vacant space left at the old secretariat building in Sector-9, that could be used to house some HC branches.

UT's senior standing counsel Amit Jhanji told the HC bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Ramesh Kumari that an inspection was carried out in 2023 as well and now again, it has come to fore that there was no space left at the old secretariat building as many departments have been shifted there. Jhanji, however, sought some time to file this affidavit.

UT's response came to HC on August 18, asking UT to explore the possibility of allotting two floors of the old secretariat building for housing some branche...