Punjab govt moves Supreme Court to quash contempt notice against chief secretary in DA arrears case

Neeraj Bali New Delhi/Chandigarh, Nov 4 (UNI) The Punjab government Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking to quash a criminal contempt notice issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court to Chief Secretary K A P Sinha over allegedly misleading information submitted in a case involving Rs 22,818 crore in outstanding dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) arrears. According to details of the government's petition, the dispute centres on an affidavit submitted to the High Court concerning the status of a special leave petition (SLP) challenging an earlier judicial order directing the state to clear pending payments to government…