Chandigarh, Aug. 6 -- The UT administration on Monday approached the Supreme Court against the Punjab and Haryana high court's May 30 order to provide flats under the 2008 Self-Financing Employee Housing Scheme at brochure rates of the same year.

The Deputy Commissioner office and the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) filed a special leave petition (SLP) against the high court order, which will translate into a financial loss of nearly Rs.2,000 crore for the UT administration.

In its order, the court had also directed the UT administration to construct the flats within one year, which it finds impossible to achieve.

The UT employees, who have been awaiting the flats for over a decade, had on July 22 already filed a caveat before the apex ...