The Delhi high court on Friday directed chief secretary Anshu Prakash and two other bureaucrats to appear before the committees of Delhi Legislative Assembly, which had issued notices to them, warning them of contempt if they did not do so. Singh, registrar, cooperative societies, and Shurbir Singh, CEO, Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board.B.

The order came after the counsel for Delhi Legislative Assembly, the Speaker and two panels informed the court that the three officers were neither appearing before the committees, nor giving reply to the information sought from them.The court said, "It is clarified that the petitioners (bureaucrats) shall China tile backer board Factory participate in the proceedings of the panels without prejudice to their rights and contentions. Delhi High Court.

Served notice by Privilege panel for skipping a meeting.The court also made it clear that the committees will not take any coercive action against the bureaucrats till the pendency of petitions and directed that the proceedings of the panel meetings should be videographed. The Q&R Committee had also served notice on two IAS officers, J.The IAS officers were called for the meeting by the Q&R Committee to examine issues in which a reply from cooperative society department was found unsatisfactory.The privileges committee had issued the notice after receiving a complaint against the chief secretary by the Question and Reference (Q&R) Committee.

The issues related to the Delhi Nagrik Sahkari Bank Limited.”"It is the direction of this court that you will have to appear. 

The high court had on March 9 asked the panels not to take coercive steps against the IAS officers. If you fail to appear, forget about them (authorities), this court will issue contempt action against you”.Justice Vibhu Bakhru warned Mr Prakash and two other that the court could take contempt action against them if they failed to appear before the panels, saying they are officers and will have to appear before all the Assembly committees

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