Chandigarh, Sept. 20 -- Coming down heavily on the Chandigarh administration over the appalling insanitation at the Sector-26 grain and vegetable market, the Punjab and Haryana High court on Friday questioned why civic authorities acted only when faced with judicial orders. "Why does everybody act only when there is a judicial order? Why not earlier? What action have you taken against inactive functionaries?" the bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjiv Berry asked while directing the administration to file an affidavit disclosing not only the remedial steps undertaken so far, but also the action initiated against officials who failed to discharge their duty. Detailed order of the proceedings is awaited. The court was hearing a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) initiated on July 30 over the administration's inaction with regard to the poor state of the market. On September 16, while seeking photographs of the market, the court had pulled up the administration for its failure to improve the state of cleanliness, while also recording that one can't even step in the market due to widespread muck. The UT counsel had submitted photographs of the cleaned up area and submitted that the market was now supervised daily to prevent encroachment, and sanitation was conducted after the morning auction hours. The entry and exit points had been designated, truck movement regulated, and parking spaces segregated for two-wheelers and four-wheelers, the court was told. While posting the matter for hearing in October, the court also sought an explanation on why municipal functions were performed only when a judicial order was passed....