Shimla, June 20 -- Himachal Pradesh High Court on Friday imposed a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on the state government for failing to respond to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the state government inaction of not appointing the RERA chairman and extension of Chief Secretary Prabodh Saxena's service. The court directed that the amount be deposited with the High Court Bar Association by June 25.
A division bench of Chief Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia and Justice Ranjan Sharma also came down heavily on the state for its delay in notifying appointments to the Himachal Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA).
The court ordered that the notification for the posts of Chairman and Member of RERA must be issued by June 25, war...