Editor,
I am a resident of Lapalang, Shillong but would like to bring forth the pathetic and inhumane condition of the residents in many parts of the city who are being forced to bear with inhospitable living conditions. An inescapable buzz and vibration emanating from noisy machinery engulfs the homes with the onset of day. That such machinery can be located in residential areas is highly questionable. How can the authorities allow noisy, coarse machinery to operate next to homes and residential areas? Given the size of the land holdings where almost next-door chit-chats can be heard, the operation of these machines makes it literally impossible to keep out the noise and relentless buzz. The noise has disturbed the peace of the elderly and senior citizens of these areas. They cannot even relax in peace ior take a nap. Even little children’s sleep is disturbed! While such work could and should be done using manual labour to generate employment for many, these timber merchants employ noisy heavy machinery to carry out the work thereby violating the peace and serenity of the area. Our problem is that geography acts in favour of some who prefer not to raise their voices while the rest are intimidated and apprehensive about their future, as was the case with coal and limestone where even the law-keepers were not spared. So I request the Hon’ble High Court to relieve the residents of Lapalang from this noise pollution by banning and seizing such machines operating next to homes and residential apartments as innumerable pleas and requests to the competent authorities have gone unheard and unattended.
Yours etc.,
Joshua Kharkamni,
Shillong
Voidable act of MeECL!
Editor,
We the candidates who responded to Advertisement dated April 2, 2015 of the MeECL for the Post of Senior Law Officer and Law Officer were hoping that the interview would be conducted with fairness and without any malafide intention. But there was complete lack of transparency from the MeECL and we cannot but deduce that there were ulterior motives in the manner in which the interview was conducted. From reliable sources within the MeECL, all those previous applicants who have applied for the old post of law officers responding to Advertisement dated June 8, 2010 which had already been cancelled with the issuance of the new Advertisement dated would now be called and allowed to appear in the interview along with the candidates responding to the new advertisement for the new posts.
This act of MeECL is not justified and not legal as per procedure of law since the applications of the previous candidates from the previous advertisement which has already been cancelled have no legal position in the eye of law, hence void. The MeECL should know that the applications of the previous applicants could no longer survive after the cancellation and as the post of Law Officers also which the previous candidates have applied for has been split into two parts i.e. the Post of Senior Law Officer and the Post of Law Officer and the criteria also is totally different from the old one as reported in The Shillong Times.
Therefore, this act of MeECL is highly objectionable and cannot be accepted by us in any circumstances.
Yours etc.,
Candidates of Advertisement
Dated 02.04.2015