Headmistress of Islamia school gets back post after 18 years

SHILLONG: Finally, the headmistress of Islamia Higher Secondary School Parveen Nongrum has been reinstated on Wednesday after a lingering case for 18 years. The secretary of the managing committee has issued a reinstatement order.
Earlier in the day, when the pending review petition came up for hearing, the managing committee of the school represented by its secretary, withdrew petition and accordingly, the court of single judge HS Thangkhiew, dismissed the petition.
With his development, Nongrum is planning to withdraw the contempt petition filed before the court against the school.
She had filed the contempt petition against the secretary of the school for not allowing her to resume duty after she was reinstated by the High Court.
The court had on July 12 ordered the reinstatement of Nongrum, who was suspended by the school authorities on the charge of misappropriation of school fund of Rs 80,000 in 2001 and the trial went on for many years.
Though the chief judicial magistrate acquitted her in 2017, she was not reinstated. Following the order of Justice Thangkhiew, she went to the school personally on July 15 to serve the copy of the order and requested the school authorities to reinstate her.