Lucknow, April 10 -- With senior officers now appearing to be ignoring even letters from public representatives - MPs, MLAs and MLCs -- as has been allegedly the case with their phone calls in Uttar Pradesh, the state government has reiterated its directives for compliance on priority to tackle this "uncomfortable situation".

"It has come to the state government's notice that the officers of different departments/districts do not take the letters of public representatives seriously and do not inform them about the action taken (on the letters). When the members raise these issues in the house or in the meetings of various committees, the state government finds itself in an uncomfortable situation which is regrettable," said JP Singh, pri...