India, Oct. 19 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday issued a non-bailable warrant against retired Maharashtra chief secretary Sujata Saunik after she refused to accept a contempt notice and allegedly prevented a court bailiff from pasting it outside her residence.

A division bench of justices Ravindra Ghuge and Ashwin Bhobe had earlier issued a contempt notice to Saunik for failing to comply with a November 27, 2020 order directing the General Administration Department (GAD) to revise the pay scales of over a dozen employees of the Pune Zilla Parishad. The order required the government to consider three advance increments granted to the employees while fixing their Sixth Pay Commission salaries.

The employees had approached the court a...