Shillong, April 2: Garo Hills Autonomous District Council(GHADC) has assured the High Court of Meghalaya to implement the Meghalaya fifth pay commission recommendations.
This will ensure payment of salary on regular basis.
The court recently disposed of a petition after the assurance of the GHADC.
“In view of the categorical submission made by the learned Counsel for the respondents, it is apparent that no further order is called for in this writ petition as the relief sought for by the petitioners in this case has already been
granted to them.
Accordingly, the writ petition has become infructuous and stands disposed of.
The court heard the counsels appearing for the parties. S. Dey, counsel for the respondents placed on record a
copy of the Office Order No.44 dated 19-09-2024 issued by the Secretary, Executive Committee, Garo Hills Autonomous District Council, Tura and submitted that the writ petition has become infructuous in view of the fact that the relief claimed for in the writ petition by the petitioners has already been
granted to them.
PT Sangma, the counsel for the petitioner pointed out that the order, which is placed on record by the counsel for the respondents,
speaks of implementation of the recommendation of the Meghalaya Fifth Pay
Commission only for one month and there is no indication that the recommendation has been accepted for payment of salary on regular basis.
As a clarification, the counsel for the respondents submitted that
that though the office Order No. 44 dated 19-09-2024 relates to the payment
of salary for one month, the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council has decided to implement the recommendation of the Meghalaya Fifth Pay Commission for payment of salary on regular basis.
