SHILLONG: Former leader of the now disbanded, A’Chik National Volunteer Council (ANVC), Bernard N Marak has filed a PIL in the High Court of Meghalaya against the State Government, Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) and others challenging the Land Transfer Act,1955 and the pattas issued by GHADC in an Akhing land and also the existence of non-Hill Mauza X in the Hill District of Garo Hills.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Marak said that GHADC had issued pattas (document of land ownership) over the Akhing land without the consent of the Norma when there was a ruling already by the Court which says District Councils are not authority of land in the Sixth Scheduled areas.
“GHADC and Government are politically united in exploiting the weak and the poor of Garo Hills for which this PIL is filed. The land of the indigenous tribal are illegally grabbed in Garo Hills without following land acquisition processes,” he said