Taj corridor: SC notices to Maya, Punia

The bench took serious note of the way the three officers 8212; Punia, Gupta and R.K. Sharma 8212; were first suspended, reinstated and then put on compulsory wait by the state government. It directed the state government to file within four weeks copies of the orders of suspension, orders of revocation, reasons for the same and the orders keeping the officers on compulsory wait and also the relevant service rules.

The CBI had registered a case on the orders of the Supreme Court on September 18 and began the probe into the irregularities in the construction of the Rs 175 crore project. The agency filed a status report today in the court with regard to the irregularities in the project.