India, May 12 -- The Rajasthan high court has imposed a fine of Rs.50,000 each on two bureaucrats for failing to comply with its directions regarding district-wise lake surveys under the Rajasthan Lakes (Protection and Development) Authority Act, 2015.

Hearing a suo moto writ petition pending since 2016, the division bench of Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Chandra Shekhar Sharma on Friday took serious note of continued non-compliance and observed that no sincere effort had been made by the state authorities apart from filing "half-baked affidavits".

In its earlier order dated November 18, 2024, the high court had granted three months to complete the survey of lakes across all districts. The order had underlined that while nine...