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DB disposes of PIL seeking release of unpaid wages under MGNREGA 10/31/2022 11:02:42 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 31: In a Public Interest Litigation filed by All Jammu & Kashmir Panchayat Conference seeking directions to release unpaid wages to around 23.5 lakhs poor workers who worked and many still working since 2015 in J&K and the respondents has not paid full wages as provided under MGNREGA. If the present application is not listed then irreparable loss shall be attributed to general rural public especially rural persons which shall not be compensated by any means. A Division Bench of Jammu & Kashmir High Court Comprising Chief Justice AM Magrey and Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul disposed of the PIL with the observations that the subject of the PIL squarely comes within the domain and powers of the executive, therefore, we dispose of this PIL with direction to the Petitioner to approach the competent authority/ forum for seeking the relief as claimed. In the PIL it has been submitted that this is serious issue with regard to non-payment of wages to around Twenty three lakhs and fifty thousand workers (23.5 lakhs), out of which fifteen lakhs and forty three thousand (15.43 lakhs) are active workers, who are the residents of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and had undertaken manual labour work under MGNREGA. Despite the express provisions for disbursement of wages within a maximum prescribed period of 15 days, these children of lesser gods and forsaken souls , had not been paid fully by the respondents and from the year 2015 till date a huge amount of around Rs 29108.96 lakhs stands as liability against the respondents for the due payment of wages, out of which an amount of Rs 19224.69 lakhs, is due against the payment of wages of unskilled workers and an amount of Rs 9884.27 lakhs is due on the payment of wages of skilled and semi-skilled workers. The workers are living economically and socially distressed life during the most testing times of current pandemic for non-payment of their due wages. JNF   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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