Staff Reporter
Shillong, March 29: Minister in-charge Law Ampareen Lyngdoh has assured to examine the demand for rectifying the government’s decision to prepare the reservation roster retrospectively.
“We will study the matter and we will take suggestions on board but how much these suggestions will actually be feasible for implementation is yet to be seen,” Lyngdoh told reporters after a meeting with the delegation of the Hynniewtrep Youth Council (HYC).
The HYC has demanded the state government to rectify its Office Memorandum (OM) which stated that the reservation roster should be prepared retrospectively as it is "illegal".
Officials of the law department were also present during the meeting.
Refusing to comment further on the issue, Lyngdoh said, “I am happy that interaction took place because the government should not be seen as a government that is resisting valuable interaction of this nature on this matter.”
The minister said indulging in communalization of the implementation of the roster system will not be allowed as she assured that “We are a government by the people and for the people and it is in the interest of the people that decision will be taken”.
“And to my information and knowledge, the matter is now being reviewed. Government departments are now engaging in the collection of data. It is a humungous task. The last order was out sometime in the month of May 2022 and it has taken the government departments so long yet there are still many government departments that have not completed this exercise,” she said.
“So I will leave it at that. I will refuse to infer into any statements made by anyone and I will ensure that whatever decisions are taken are not taken because of the necessity of dividing our communities and we will ensure whatever decision that is taken is in the interest of the people of the state of Meghalaya,” she further asserted.