Chandigarh, Feb. 18 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has asked the Punjab government to decide on a representation seeking action against illegal travel agents duping innocent people by illegally sending them abroad.

A bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Harmeet Singh Grewal passed the direction while disposing a public interest litigation filed by Mohali resident and advocate Kanwar Pahul Singh on February 17.

The petitioner sought setting up of "emigration check posts" and an upgraded list of "certified recruiting agents".

The plea was filed in the wake of the deportation of several illegal Indian immigrants from the US recently and sought directions for immediate steps to establish the check posts in all of Punjab unde...