The Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed a ₹31.13 lakh rent recovery notice against TVSN Prasad, the Haryana Chief Information Commissioner, following his challenge to the notice issued by the Chandigarh administration. Prasad, who retired as chief secretary on October 31, 2024, was appointed as CIC on May 23, 2025. The court, led by Justice Kuldeep Tiwari, indicated that the facts suggest the authorities should reassess their decision regarding the recovery notice. The notice pertains to penal rent calculated for unauthorized possession of a government house in Sector 16, which Prasad occupied as chief secretary. He claimed that he was entitled to retain the house until February 2025 and that delays in processing his re-allotment application were the responsibility of the administration. The court has ordered the administration to respond by August 25, and until then, no recovery will be enforced against Prasad. He has already settled a penal rent amounting to ₹3.22 lakh up to May 25, 2025, before taking up his CIC role.