Shillong, Nov 13: High Court of Meghalaya has taken suo motu PIL on NEHU affairs.
The PIL is Registrar General vs Union goverment.
Advocate P. Yobin, mentioned the affairs of the North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) and requested the court to take suo motu cognizance of the same and pass appropriate orders to restore normalcy and for smooth running of the institution.
“We take judicial notice of the fact that the state government has made some recommendations to the Central government to resolve the acute problems which the University is facing today and that the Central government is contemplating measures to resolve them”, said the division bench comprising Chief Justice IP Mukerji and judge B. Bhattacharjee.
As the administration of the University is controlled by the Central government, “we are minded to give some more time to it to resolve the issue. If the problems persist till the returnable date, we shall consider taking suo motu cognizance of the affairs and decide the matter accordingly.We shall continue to take judicial notice of the developments.
The matter will come up for hearing on November 20.
The court said in the meantime, the petitioner will communicate the order with all stakeholders including the Central and state governments, the Vice Chancellor, the employees’ and students’ unions.
