Chandigarh, Feb. 11 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed Chandigarh administration to lay green paver blocks in a green belt area near the high court complex to facilitate parking of vehicles coming to the court.

"This court is of the view that the suggestion made by this court, on an earlier occasion, for restoration of green cover and simultaneously laying green pavers for parking was not only reasonable but a step towards sustained development," the bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sumeet Goel observed while issuing the directions and rejecting UT's assertions that it was a green belt and thus can't be converted into a parking lot.

The bench asserted that between 9 am and noon and during post-lunch session f...