Lucknow, Nov 4 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday pulled up senior officials of its own registry for failing to produce a crucial case file related to the demolition of an allegedly illegal building in the city's Khurram Nagar area, despite repeated directions from a division bench hearing a pending PIL on the same issue.

A Lucknow bench comprising justices Rajan Roy and Rajeev Bharti issued show-cause notices to three officers - the Joint Registrar, Deputy Registrar, and Assistant Registrar -” asking why proceedings should not be initiated against them for "not cooperating and facilitating the hearing" and "stalling" the case by withholding the file.

The bench also directed the senior registrar to conduct an inquiry and submit a report by the next hearing on November 10.

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