The Uttarakhand High Court issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed raising a grievance with regard to the continuation in office of Secretary, Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.
The case of the petitioner is that the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly had got an inquiry conducted in the matter of appointment of employees and officers in the Legislative Assembly and, on the basis of the report, it was found that a large number of persons have been illegally appointed dehors of the rules.
Hundreds of other employees have been terminated on the basis of the said report. Even the appointment of Secretary, Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly was found to be completely illegal. However, no action has been taken to remove him from service till date.
The Division Bench of Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari issued notice to the respondents.
It is pertinent to note that the High Court while observing that petitioner has impleaded a host of parties as respondents, which are completely irrelevant and have no concern with the issue raised by the petitioner , deleted some of the Parties from the array of the respondents. and directed the petitioner to file an amended memo of parties.