SHILLONG, MAR 4: The state government constituted a committee for recommending institutionalization of the traditional bodies in the state after the Meghalaya high court barred Rangbah Shnongs from issuing No Objection Certificates –NOC- questioning the sources of their powers and also interfering with the government’s administration.
The committee was constituted on Wednesday by chief minister Mukul Sangma during the meeting with traditional, village heads including himas and elakas and political parties. The chief minister, who chaired the meeting, said there is a consensus among those who attended the meeting on the need to institutionalize these bodies.
On December last year Justice SR Sen of Meghalaya high court had given a ruling wherein he had said that a village/locality headman did not derive any right from law to issue NOC for the purpose of birth/death or for registration of any document as well as for building permission and obtaining loan.
Sangma said on Wednesday, “There is a need for the right kind of legislation and the ultimate aim is to empower and structuralize the traditional bodies and institutions to ensure the role of these autonomous bodies do not get diluted.”
Seeking response on the membership to the committee within 48 hours, Sangma also seconded a proposal to make government chief adviser and former chief minister DD Lapang as chairman of the committee.
Sangma also asked the Chief Executive Members of all the three district councils of the state to be the committee’s members and include one member each from the Opposition.
The Committee has been directed to submit its report within three month to the state government.
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