Chandigarh, Oct. 29 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has imposed a cost of Rs.2 lakh on four senior Punjab officers, including director general of police Gaurav Yadav, for non-compliance of its earlier order pertaining to modified vehicles. Justice Sudeepti Sharma directed that the cost be recovered in equal shares of Rs.50,000 each from the officers' salaries and deposited in the Punjab Chief Minister's Relief Fund. The three IAS officers are Pardeep Kumar, secretary, department of transport, Moneesh Kumar, state transport commissioner, and Jitendra Jorwal, the Sangrur deputy commissioner. The court passed these directions while hearing a contempt petition from the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Mini Transport Welfare Association alleging non-compliance with court orders. The order was passed on October 16. The plea was filed alleging violation of the court's 2023 order, which had directed the state authorities to take appropriate and effective steps to stop the menace of modified vehicles plying on roads in violation of the Motor Vehicles Act. The court noted that no comprehensive compliance report or affidavit was filed by the respondents despite opportunities given to them. ".the last opportunity was granted to the respondents to file compliance affidavits of the order dated 20.09.2023 passed by this court, subject to payment of cost of Rs.1 lakh, neither the compliance affidavits have been filed nor the receipt of payment of cost imposed is shown to this court."...