Ludhiana, Nov. 19 -- After the Punjab and Haryana High Court pulled up the district food and civil supplies department for suspending the licences and supply of essential commodities of ration depot holders without following proper procedures, officials have finally swung into the action to revoke such arbitrary suspensions and take corrective measures across the district.

On August 13, the Punjab and Haryana High Court, while hearing a petition filed by Pankaj Kapoor, a ration depot holder from Ludhiana had questioned the manner in which the food and civil supplies department had suspended his licence without following proper procedure.

The department had reportedly issued a show cause notice to Kapoor, temporarily suspending his licen...