Chandigarh, Feb. 25 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has dismissed an application from the Chandigarh administration against the court order to lay paver blocks in the green belt area in HC vicinity to facilitate parking of vehicles.

"...this court had dwelt upon all the pros and cons and the acute problem of dire scarcity of parking space in the high court premises before passing the said order. This court had also taken note of the anxiety expressed by the UT administration that the said area of kutcha parking is notified as a green belt..," the HC bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sumeet Goel said while dismissing the plea.

The order comes at a time when a section of residents are protesting against the demolitio...