Meghalaya HC orders status on Harijan Colony

Tribune News Service

Kolkata, April 11

The Meghalaya High Court has ordered status quo to be maintained as of today at Shillong’s Harijan Colony and directed that both Harijan Panchayat Committee and high-level committee (HLC) of the state to respect it.

Petitioner Harijan Panchayat Committee’s counsel R Khatri contended that the Meghalaya Government constituted a committee under the chairmanship of Deputy CM on June 4, 2018, for examining all relevant records and documents relating to relocation of the colony from Mawlonghat.

The court observed that the main contention of the petitioner was that the HLC diverted from its purpose and took decisions in pursuant of which petitioners were being evicted from their houses.

Both parties should maintain status quo in respect of Harijan Colony, the court said, fixing the next hearing on May 25.