India, May 2 -- The Delhi high court on Thursday issued a notice on a contempt plea against the Delhi chief secretary and police commissioner for failing to formulate a mechanism to deal with emergency situations such as bomb threats in schools.

The bench of Justice Anish Dayal, hearing a plea filed by advocate Arpit Bhargava, listed the matter for May 19 and directed the personal presence of officials from the Delhi Police and Delhi government to explain what steps had been taken since the court's previous order.

On November 14, the court had given the Delhi government eight weeks to devise a comprehensive action plan and draft a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to respond to bomb threats and prevent potential disasters.

The SOP was...