The High Court of Himachal Pradesh has come down heavily on the state government for its “sordid, despotic and nepotistic” functioning in a case related to the allotment of distribution work of cooking gas cylinders to two contractors.
The court, while pronouncing its judgement on a petition challenging the allotment of the work, observed that “systematic fraud” has been committed by “those who are at the helm of affairs” of HP State Civil Supplies Corporation, a state-owned company.
The case was related to the distribution of cooking gas cylinders in Rohru and Chirgaon areas of Shimla district. The work was earlier being done by a contractor named Chanan Singh who quit in March last year.
