The Supreme Court today directed initiation of contempt proceedings against the UP Chief Secretary for flagrant violation of its orders to stop construction work of statues and memorials in Lucknow. <br/><br/>The court also warned that Central forces can be deployed at the sites if such work continued. A bench comprising Justices B N Agrawal and Aftab Alam wondered at one stage whether the Chief Secretary can be sent to jail if the construction work is not stopped. <br/><br/>The court issued notice to Chief Secretary Atul Kumar Gupta to showcause why contempt action should not be taken against him for violation of the court order and asked him to personally appear in court on November four. <br/><br/>The court had yesterday rebuked the state government asking it not to play politics with the court. It observed that violation of its order to stop work on memorials estimated to cost a whopping 2,600 crore rupees seems to have been carried out on instructions from the highest level.<br/>