Taking serious note of the ongoing strike by the Uttar Pradesh electricity department employees despite a court order, the Allahabad High Court on Friday began contempt proceedings against the union leaders and issued a warrant asking them to appear before it on Monday. Hearing a PIL, a division bench comprising Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Vinod Diwaker directed that considering the urgency of the matter, the bailable warrants are issued against the office bearers of the Vidyut Karmachari Sanyukt Sangarsh Samiti through its organizer Shailendra Dubey and several others by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lucknow requiring their presence before the court at 10 am on March 20.