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Center Owned by HT MediaSC stays criminal contempt proceedings against Punjab chief secretary over DA arrears
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The Supreme Court has stayed criminal contempt proceedings that were launched by the Punjab and Haryana High Court against Punjab Chief Secretary KAP Sinha and other state officials for not complying with an order to pay pending dearness allowance arrears and dearness relief to government employees. The court also directed that the DA arrears be paid by March.
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Criminal contempt proceedings were initiated over the state government’s failure to comply with high court orders
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The Punjab HC issued a contempt notice to the state Chief Secretary and directed the Chief Secretary to file a compliance affidavit within 10 days regarding the non-compliance with the High Court's earlier order. The next hearing is on 17 November.
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Criminal contempt proceedings were initiated over the state government’s failure to comply with high court orders
