KOCHI: The High Court has expressed displeasure over the delay in the revenue recovery process in the case of destruction of public property during the PFI hartal. The division bench also observed that this is not an ordinary case.

"Destruction of public property cannot be taken lightly. The government has asked for six months to confiscate the property", the court said. But the court directed that all the steps, including finding the property, should be completed by January. The division bench of Justice Jayashankar Nambiar also ordered the home secretary to appear in court on Friday.