The Delhi high court on Wednesday asked a three-member committee, which was appointed on the Supreme Court’s direction to check violations of guidelines on content in government advertising, to examine the claim of wasteful expenditure on advertisements by the Delhi government.

A bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra also asked the committee, constituted by the Centre, to decide in a time-bound manner Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken’s representation alleging that the Kejriwal government was issuing advertisements in violation of the top court’s guidelines.

“The committee will consider and hear both parties and pass the order,” the high court bench said, adding that it will pass a detailed order, indicating the time-frame.

The high court was hearing four PILs, including one by Mr Maken, seeking to restrain the AAP government from airing publicity campaign and advertisements allegedly glorifying chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party by “wasting public funds.”

The bench asked the committee to decide the issue after Mr Maken’s counsel Aman Panwar told the high court that only the state governments can appoint their own committee, whereas the advertisements by the Union Territories will have to be regulated by the three-member committee of the Central government.

Mr Maken has also sought a direction to restrain the Delhi government from publishing the name of the Delhi chief minister in any of its current or future advertisements, which are allegedly in violation of the government’s Adverti-sement Guidelines, 2014.

Earlier, the AAP government had told the high court that it had set up its own panel to regulate advertisements as per the recent Supreme Court order.

The submission had come in response to the contention made on behalf of the Delhi Congress leader that the AAP government was setting up its own panel in violation of the apex court’s directions.