SHILLONG: The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) on Tuesday threatened to break a portion of the boundary wall of the Sri Aurobindo Institute of Indian Cultures (SAIIC) located at Bivar Road.
A case in this regard has been pending with the High Court of Meghalaya.In a letter addressed to SAIIC on October 29, YMCA general secretary, DL Warjri, said, “Consequent upon the decision of the Meghalaya High Court dated October 21, 2013 in the Writ Appeal No. 18 of 2005, we shall make a proper entrance into our land at Bivar Road, Shillong adjacent to your property by breaking a portion of the wall alongside the main road on October 30, 2013.”
Interestingly, this letter is addressed to SAIIC through the Officer-in-Charge but nothing has been mentioned about who the concerned Officer-in-Charge is.
Speaking to The Shillong Times, SAIIC chairman and former MP, Dr BB Dutta, said that the wall which the YMCA is referring to has been constructed under the MPLAD scheme of the Union Government by keeping the land mortgage to the government.
“It is a valid wall and is in our possession. If they (YMCA) say that it is in their possession then why are they breaking the wall? It has been in our continued possession since 1950,” said Dr. Dutta, while pointing out that the said letter has not come from the side of the government.
“They why are they (YMCA) taking the law in their hand,” he asked.
The SAIIC chairman also said that they will move the court on Wednesday against this ‘unlawful’ stand taken by YMCA so that status quo is maintained till the case is resolved.