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SC Issues Contempt Notices Over Pollution Board Vacancies

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May 09, 2025

Calling it a sorry state of affairs, the Supreme Court on Thursday chided governments of Delhi and adjoining states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan for not filling vacancies in their pollution control boards.

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A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan, therefore, issued contempt notices to the chief secretaries of Delhi, UP, Haryana and Rajasthan over the non-compliance of its August 2024 order asking them to fill the vacancies by April 30 this year.

The top court pointed out 55 per cent posts were vacant in the Delhi pollution control committee and found it shocking that the body was "virtually defunct".

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