Dispose of engineering eollege's property for payment of salary to employees: High Court - Punjabi News

Published on: 28 Apr 2023 at 12:30 PM

Dispose of engineering eollege’s property for payment of salary to employees: High Court

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Lehragaga, April 28

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered disposal of the property of the Baba Hira Singh Bhattal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lehragaga, Sangrur for payment of salary to its employees.

Justice Anil Kshetarpal said that, “this Court is left with no choice but to direct the Principal Secretary, Department of Technical Education and Industrial Training, Punjab, who is a member of the Board of Governors of the Institute to dispose of the property of the Institute in order to pay the amount to the petitioners within a period of one month from today, positively”.

The court was hearing a batch of writ petitions filed by employees of the institute seeking relief from the court as their salary had not been paid since December 2019. The court was informed that the Institute possess certain assets and maintains the bank accounts.

The petition said that the Institute is an autonomous body, with its Chairman and Members being nominees of the State Government.