The Punjab and Haryana high court has issued notice to the Deputy Commissioner of Hoshiyarpur, IAS officer Apneet Riyait and her husband Harinder Singh Mann, who is a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), in a land mutation case in Mansa. They have to respond by April 17. A rice sheller had alleged that the then DC of Mansa, Apneet Riyait, and her DSP husband, in connivance with revenue officials, got the the mutation of their land changed, ignoring the existence of the rice sheller building. According to the petitioner the IAS officer’s in-laws wanted a partnership in the rice sheller unit and resorted to these tactics when she did not oblige. The court has stayed further proceedings in the matter, and has asked chief secretary, Punjab to look into the case.
