Observing “complete red-tapism and inaction”, the Punjab and Haryana high court has proposed imposing costs of Rs 10 lakh each on the offices of the Director General, Department of Town and Country Planning, and the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP), to be deposited with the Poor Patient Welfare Fund at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, over prolonged delays in land acquisition for sectoral roads and provision of basic infrastructure.