The high court refused to hear the matter on Saturday and fixed the petition for Monday.
Saurabh Malik
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, April 21
Hours before nine Punjab MLAs were to take oath as ministers on Saturday, a public interest litigation was filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Petitioner Jagmohan Bhatti stated in the PIL that their appointment was contrary to law. A request was made to the high court to fix the matter on Saturday itself as they were to take oath in the evening.
The high court refused to hear the matter on Saturday and fixed the petition for Monday.
Bhatti submitted that the House strength was 117, so the cabinet strength could not be more than 17.
The petitioner claimed that on the one hand, the government did not have money to pay DA and arrears to its employees and cases were pending before courts, on the other, the cabinet was being extended beyond the prescribed limit. It was a waste of public money and a loss to the state exchequer, he claimed.
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