Chandigarh, May 13 -- The Punjab government moved the Punjab and Haryana high court seeking recall of a May 6 order that directed the state to release additional 4500 cusecs of water to the neighbouring Haryana from the Bhakra dam, saying that the court was not apprised of the true facts before the order was issued. In a separate petition, the government has also sought contempt proceedings against the chairman of the Bhakra Beas Management Board, Manoj Tripathi, for allegedly misrepresenting the facts amid the ongoing tussle over water sharing between the two states. ".the said order (May 6) is illegal as the court was misled into believing that the meeting held under the chairmanship of the Union home secretary (on May 2) was conducted under Rule 7 of the 1974 rules, which requires a reference made by the (BBMB) chairman," the plea, filed on Monday, said. The state contended that "the direction in question was passed on account of concealment of material facts by non-applicant parties in the writ petition who have failed to bring true and correct facts to the notice of the court." On May 6, the HC directed Punjab not to interfere with functioning of BBMB and abide by the Union home secretary's May 2 decision which asked the board to release additional 4500 cusecs of water to Haryana. The high court order came on a BBMB plea seeking withdrawal of additional police deployment at Nangal, which it said was "illegal and unconstitutional", and argued that it was being prevented from complying with Centre's directions. Punjab has said that Haryana has already overdrawn its water quota and was "demanding irrigation water under the guise of drinking needs". The Punjab government contended that the Union power secretary is the competent authority to deal with disputes around water sharing under the BBMB Act, and not the Union home secretary. It has also alleged that the formal minutes of the May 2 meeting were not recorded, and only a press note was produced which, it said, formed the basis of the "misleading information" that led to the court order of May 6. The state's plea has further alleged that BBMB overstepped its authority by attempting to release water to Haryana without completing the required legal process. The petition is likely to be taken up for hearing on Tuesday or Wednesday. In the second petition, filed through chief secretary KAP Sinha also on Monday, the state government has alleged that Tripathi "knowingly/intentionally submitted a false affidavit before the court on May 9" in which he said that he and two officials were stopped from discharging their duties of releasing water to Haryana, and that he was kept at a guest house for three hours due to security reasons in view of protests. He did not allege before court about detention. On the contrary, the plea said that Tripathi told the court during live proceedings on May 8 that he was surrounded by local residents and assisted by Punjab Police in leaving safely....