Shimla, Oct. 31 -- Himachal Pradesh high court had rapped the state government and Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) for delaying the payment of dues to employees and pensioners of the corporation.

The high court bench of chief justice GS Sandhawalia and justice Jiya Lal Bhardwaj were hearing a bunch of execution petitions highlighting how the current and retired HRTC employees are awaiting benefits that have been pending for several years.

"We are not in any manner satisfied with the communication as the corporation cannot be given such a long latitude in delaying the due payments. We had already asked the chief secretary to the government of Himachal Pradesh to furnish the affidavit in the last order but the needful has not b...