Chandigarh, March 22 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has sought data on number of people employed through employment exchanges in the state of Haryana. Besides, the chief secretary has been told to also give details of manpower and total funds spent by the state for running these employment exchanges.

"...prima facie it appears that employment exchange(s) have almost become non-functional for the desired purpose," the bench of justice Mahabir Singh Sindhu observed while hearing an anticipatory bail plea from a person facing allegations of taking money for providing jobs.

The plea was from one Harpreet Singh, being investigated in a June 27, 2024, criminal case registered in Fatehabad on allegations of cheating, forgery and criminal...