The Himachal Pradesh high court has once again reprimanded the State government and Himachal Road transport corporation for delaying the payment of long due to employees and pensioners of the corporation.

xpressing strong displeasure, the court warned the Sukhu-led government of a penalty of Rs 50,000 if the affidavit sought earlier is not filed before the next hearing.

The matter came up before Chief Justice G.S. Sandhawalia and Justice Jiya Lal Bhardwaj in a set of execution petitions, including Vinod Kumar vs. HRTC & Anr., where hundreds of current and retired HRTC employees are awaiting benefits that have been pending for several years.

During the hearing, the counsel for HRTC informed the bench that Rs 13 crore had been disbursed over the past three months, covering 427 out of 634

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