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Delhi HC raps civic body officials for 'living like lords', asks them to pay employees' pending salaries
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Updated: Jan 15, 2021 19:39 IST
New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI): Reprimanding the officials of civic bodies for "living like lords," the Delhi High Court on Friday expressed concerns over the non-payment of salaries and pensions of doctors, nurses, and sanitation staff, who were working in various civic bodies as COVID-19 front line workers.
The court recommended the civic bodies to prioritise to pay their pending salaries over other non-essential, discretionary expenses like perks of councillors and senior officers of corporations.
A bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli said that the person working at the top of corporations are "living like lords" and added that "when people at the top feel the pinch, then there would be some change."