THE ALLAHABAD High Court on Saturday summoned Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary (Power) Mahesh Gupta and raised questions about why action was not taken and issues not sorted out before a ‘strike’ by employees of the power utilities in Uttar Pradesh.
The court was hearing a Public Interest Litigation, and after being summoned by the court, ACS (Power) Mahesh Gupta told the court that the strike has been deferred.
Speaking to The Sunday Express on Saturday, Additional Advocate General (AAG) Manish Goel, who represented the state government during the hearing, said, “The ACS appeared in court after he was summoned and told the court that the strike was deferred by the power employees.
