Chandigarh, Feb. 10 -- The joint director of the fisheries department, Haryana, has approached the Punjab and Haryana high court challenging the proceedings initiated against him under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act), along with the consequential punitive action withdrawing his promotion.

A bench of Justice Sandeep Moudgil, in an order passed on February 6, granted liberty to the petitioner, Shripal, to separately challenge the withdrawal of the promotion order by filing an independent writ petition. Meanwhile, notice was issued to the respondents and was accepted on their behalf, following which a short adjournment was sought to enable them to file their written st...