Settle arrears, salary within four weeks: HC to SMB

SHILLONG: The High Court of Meghalaya has granted four weeks to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Shillong Municipal Board (SMB) to settle the matter pertaining to pending arrear and salary of its employees.
During the hearing on Thursday, the counsel for the Board’s CEO prayed before the court that the matter was still under process to find ways and means to pay the arrear and salary as per the judgment of the Court on September 9, 2015 and sought further time to decide on the issue.
The Court granted four weeks’ time to settle the matter failing which the court will go ahead with the contempt matter.
The matter has been listed after four weeks for response of the petitioner.
Inquiry into fund misuse in school projects in West Khasi Hills
The High Court of Meghalaya has directed the State government to conduct an inquiry into an alleged case of misuse of fund sanctioned for development of two schools in Nongstoin.
During the hearing, the counsel for the petitioner submitted that the State government has allotted a sum of Rs 1.5 lakh for the development of Mawthungkper LP School and Kynroh LP School in Nongstoin, West Khasi Hills, but the amount has not reached the managing committees of the respective schools.
The counsel for the petitioner further contended that 50 per cent of the amount under the scheme of SRWP of 2012-2013 had been withdrawn using forged documents.
In this regard, the school authority had filed a representation before the Block Development Officer, but no action was taken by the concerned authorities.
After hearing the views on Thursday, the Court directed the State government to conduct an inquiry and to take necessary steps in accordance with law and to dispose of the representation within a month.