Allahabad, November 06: The Allahabad High Court today issued contempt notice to the Principal Secretary of the Public Works Department of Uttar Pradesh and asked him to appear in person on November 23 and reply why he should not be punished for wilful disobedience of court order.
The order was passed by Justice D P Singh on the contempt petition of Mahesh Kumar Sharma and others, all of them posted as stenographers in the state Public Works Department.
The petitioners alleged they were not getting the same pay scale as that of stenographers of District Judges, members of tribunals and Chairman of cooperatives’ tribunal despite the court having passed an order to this effect on September 10, 2002.
–Agencies