Calcutta High Court Orders Freeze On Salaries Of Top Civic Officials Over Non-Payment Of Retiree's Dues Since 2018

The Calcutta High Court has ordered a freeze on the salaries of the Executive Officer and Finance Officer of Murshidabad Municipality, West Bengal due to non-payment of pensionary dues to one of its employees since 2018. The court also directed that the honorarium paid to the Chairman of the Municipality be withheld till the entire dues of the petitioner were cleared with interest.A single...