Panchkula, July 27 -- Despite Supreme Court orders and contempt notices from the Punjab and Haryana high court, the demolition of illegal religious structures on public land in Panchkula remains stalled.

After being served notices to vacate around 30 marla of encroached government land, caretakers of three major shrines have initiated legal action against civic authorities.

The Panchkula Metropolitan Development Authority (PMDA) on July 8 had issued show-cause notices to the caretakers of three shrines-Nau Gaza Peer dargah on the Sector 5/7 dividing road, Sultan Mohammad Khan dargah in Sector 3 and Jahar Veer Goga Ji temple in Sector 21-asking them to vacate green belt land and remove unauthorised structures.

Two of these shrines are l...