The Punjab government on Wednesday informed the Punjab and Haryana High Court that it would withdraw its order removing Manisha Gulati from the post of State Women Commission chairperson, her lawyer said.
Gulati had on Tuesday moved the high court against the state government’s move to remove her by withdrawing a September 2020 letter through which she had been granted an extension of tenure till March 2024.
“When today the matter was taken up, they (Punjab) made a statement that it is withdrawing the order today itself,” said Chetan Mittal, the counsel for Gulati.
“With this, Manisha Gulati will be reinstated,” he added.
Gulati was appointed in March 2018 as the Commission chairperson during the then Congress government headed by Amarinder Singh. Singh is at present in the BJP.
Her tenure was extended for another three years till March 2024.
