Two vehicles that were allotted to UT guest house were placed at the disposal of Punjab Raj Bhawan and lakhs of rupees continued to be spent on them by the UT guest house only, an audit inspection report has found.

The report by the Principal Director of Audit found that not just the expenditure on the maintenance and repairs but on the fuel of the vehicles kept at disposal for Raj Bhawan was also borne by the UT guesthouse.

Citing irregular payment on the repair/maintenance and fuel of vehicles amounting to Rs 27.10 lakh, the audit department pointed out that on November 14, 2011, the home department had allotted two vehicles received from the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh , to the Director Hospitality, State Guest House, Chandigarh, for the protocol pool.

However, during

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