HC for suspension of former LDA V-C

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh's food commissioner Harbhajan Singh faces suspension for contempt of court when he was vice chairman of Lucknow Development Authority (LDA). Singh's suspension was ordered on Tuesday by the Allahabad High Court, which also issued a bailable warrant againsit him for making wrong claims in the court about a land acquisition in Lucknow. The court asked the state government to place Singh under suspension "forthwith for wilfully flouting the court's order". The order was passed on a contempt petition against three senior officials filed by a Lucknow resident, who said the Lucknow Development Authority acquired his land in the city without a notification. But, in a statement, submitted before the court by the state government, it was claimed that no land was acquired without issuing a notification. It was, however, revealed later that the petitioner's land was taken without notification under the Land Acquision Act and the compensation paid.
THE TIMES OF INDIA; 26 Mar 2008, 0247 hrs IST , TNN