Chandigarh, Jan. 24 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday asked The Hind Samachar Limited, publisher of Punjab Kesari newspaper, to approach the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in respect of notices slapped by the Punjab government on the group's hotel in Jalandhar and a printing facility in Ludhiana.

The high court bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjiv Berry said the appropriate remedy before the petitioners was to approach the NGT.

"This court hastens to add before concluding that no order on merits has been passed and any assertion on merits is only meant for deciding the preliminary objections raised by the respondents (Punjab government)," the court said while disposing of the petition filed last week.

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