KOLKATA: A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the Centre to file an affidavit detailing how the latter had planned to release the pending funds to the West Bengal government for the 100-day job scheme under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
The Division Bench of Calcutta High Court’s Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Smita Das De directed the Union government to file the affidavit in the matter within the next four weeks.
As per the direction of the Division Bench, the petitioners in the case accusing the Union Government of deliberately holding back funds under the MGNREGA scheme for West Bengal, will have to make their submissions on the affidavit filed by the Centre two weeks after the date of filing of the affidavit. Thereafter, the next hearing in the matter would be conducted.