Lagatar24 Desk
Kolkata, June, 6: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday requested a report from the Central government about the non-release of funds allocated to the West Bengal government under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
In order to protect the scheme’s beneficiaries from injustice, the court further ordered the Centre to conduct a thorough inquiry. By June 20th, the Centre is required to deliver a report to the court. The court has also stated that the state government must notify it within a week if it wants to make any statements.
The High Court has scheduled a hearing on the case for next month. Pashchim Banga Khet Majdoor Samiti brought the PIL for this.
The Centre and the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government frequently clashed over the release of funding by the Centre. Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal, has already charged that the central government had treated her State unfairly.
Banerjee stated earlier in March that the, “Centre has stopped giving money for 100 days of work. Nothing was given to Bengal even in the budget, so I will protest in front of the Ambedkar statue on March 29-30 against the dictatorship of the central government.”
