The court said there are larger issues involved in this matter.

If the illegal board had been installed by an association of government employees, then certainly, it is in breach of Government Orders, and judicial directives; and the persons concerned would have to face disciplinary action, apart from penal provisions being attracted.

Case registered against employees association

The Cantonment police have registered a case against the Secretariat Employees Association for installing a flex board outside the Secretariat premises. The board was placed in an area that has been demarcated as a plastic-free zone.

It was placed in connection with the inauguration of the association building and it had a cutout of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The High Court had banned erecting flex board in public places.

The corporation officials directed the association to take the flex board down. However, they did not pay heed and following which the corporation officials pulled it down.