Patna, (Bihar Times): The Patna high court on Tuesday issued contempt notice to the managing director of Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (BIADA), for imposing cost (legal expenses) on industrial units for approaching different courts of justice to redress their grievances against the Authority.

On October 9 BAIDA issued an order stating that since the industrial units are filing a number of cases against it leading to unnecessary expense Rs 5,000 each be recovered from those approaching consumer forums and district courts and Rs 15,000 from those filing cases in the high court as the legal expenses.

The court observed that prima facie it is is a gross contempt of court. While hearing petitions challenging BIADA move to auction plots already allotted to the petitioners for seting up industries in Pataliputra industrial area Justic Navniti Prasad Singh directed that notice be issued to the managing director asking him why should he not be proceeded against and punished for his action, which was detrimental to the constitutional set up. The court fix November 26 as the to hear this matter.

According to the court MD’s action is a deliberate measure to prevent people from seeking judicial review, which is the basic feature of the Constitution.

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