Shimla, April 9 -- The Himachal Pradesh high court has come down heavily on the state government for failing to implement its order regarding a 20% pay hike for non-gazetted employees of the high court, despite the directive being upheld by the Supreme Court. The court granted the state two weeks to comply, warning that failure to do so would require the additional chief secretary (Home) to personally appear with all relevant records.

A division bench comprising justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and justice Sandeep Sharma passed the order on April 7 while hearing an execution petition filed by HC Non-Gazetted Employees Union. The petition was filed after the state failed to act on the court's earlier ruling and a Supreme Court directive to pr...