No payment of salary to VC, Registrar of HP AU: Himachal Pradesh HC 1.11.2013 (UNI) The Himachal Pradesh High Court has taken strong action against non-compliance of its order after stopping the payment of salaries to top functionaries of HP Agriculture University (AU) Palampur. A division bench comprising Justices Sanjay Karol and Rajiv Sharma passed this order on October 28. The copy of which was supplied to media here today stated that the court decided to stop the release of salary to top functionary Vice-Chancellor and Registrar of University taking strong action against them for non-complying its earlier order while hearing a contempt petition. We find that despite sufficient opportunities afforded to the respondents, they have not complied with the judgment passed on September 15, 2011 by Division Bench of this Court, the order said. Since, this court decided to release the retirement gratuity or death gratuity and arrears of pension with dearness allowance to members of the HP agriculture university pensioner society while hearing a petition filed by the pensioners on September 15 2011. The University had to comply with this judgment within six months of passing also did not remitted the dues after passing of this period on March 19, 2012. The court hearing contempt petition on the same matter on October 28, considered this gross contempt of the Court and passed order against top officials that their salaries should released without seeking liberty from this Court. The court listed the same matter on November 5, 2013 for further hearing.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 11:49:56 +0000