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| HC grants Govt 4 weeks to respond on MGNREGA works | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 2: The state high court today granted government four weeks for a response to a petition alleging unnecessary interference by Block President of PDP in development works under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Anantnag district of south Kashmir.
A Division Bench headed by Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey asked Senior additional advocate general B A Dar to file the response to the contentions raised in the petition within a period of four weeks.
The petitioner has contended that the respondents are having large budgetary allocation under (MGNREGA) for development of the Rural Areas and for providing guaranteed Job to the Rural Population. The MGNREGA which is a central legislation provides a scheme for distribution of the funds and process of expenditure in detail at the Panchayat Halqa Level.
After the allocation of funds to the Panchayat Halqa, Gram Sabha which is meeting of the entire population of a Panchayat Halqa on spot is held to finalize the list of developmental works to be undertaken in a particular financial year.
"After allocation of the funds to the petitioners village for the financial year 2017-18 under the MGNREGA the respondents called a meeting of Gram Sabha in the village wherein the list of development works was finalized and near about 100 developmental works were identified and list was prepared with respect to the Rural connectivity and micro-irrigation in the village with the consensus that the works will be taken in the order of priorities to be decided subsequently in Gram Sabha," he said, adding, "That the respondent No. 5 who is Block President of the Peoples Democratic Party which is a part of the Ruling establishment without any authority and competence is interfering in the implementation of the MGNREGA plan 2017-18 in the village by firstly dictating the prioritization of development works and by employing the agents of his political party as brokers, contractors, commission agents in the development works which is totally prohibited under the MGNREGA." |
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