Now, EGH lawyers demand district council court & branch offices

TURA, Aug 12: Just few days after seeking a separate High Court Bench for Garo Hills region in Williamnagar, the Williamnagar Bar Association (WBA) has now sought the establishment of District Council Court as well as GHADC’s branch offices in the town.
Members of the bar association on Friday called on GHADC CEM Albinush R Marak and also submitted a memorandum in this regard.
According to the members, Marak is said to have responded positively to the request and assured that he would soon convene an executive meeting on the matter.
The demand for the setting up of GHADC branch offices has been made in order to ensure facilitation of payment of land revenue, professional taxes, fees for obtaining trading licenses, issuance of land pattas besides undertaking many other essential works.
The bar association, in its memorandum, pointed out that the GHADC has sufficient land at Williamnagar to house a separate bench of the District Council Court and all its branch offices, which currently is being rented out to other departments.
“The existing Williamnagar Municipal Board office building, the Council Guest House located adjacent to it and the Cooperative Shopping Complex are some of the infrastructures of the GHADC at Williamnagar. It is our belief that there will be no difficulty in setting up the facilities in the district,” the bar association maintained.