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Supplementary List

HIGH COURT OF MEGHALAYA

AT SHILLONG
PIL No. 6/2022
Date of Order: 12.04.2022
Synjuk Ki Waheh Shnong Jowai Vs. State of Meghalaya & 5 Ors.
Coram:
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjib Banerjee, Chief Justice
Hon’ble Mr. Justice W. Diengdoh, Judge

Appearance:
For the Petitioner : Mr. L. Khyriem, Adv.

For the Respondents : Mr. B. Bhattacharjee, AAG

Ms. R. Colney, GA
The petitioner in this Public Interest Litigation complains of

household waste and general garbage not being collected in the Jowai

urban township area from February 4, 2022.

Photographs, said to be recently taken and appended to the

petition, reveal a nasty state of affairs. The prayers in the petition are for

regular garbage collection and efficient waste disposal system.

Though the State has been served and is represented, it is

submitted that the responsibility for garbage collection and

waste-management is of the third respondent council and the fifth

respondent municipality.

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 Let the respondent Nos. 3 to 5 be served immediately and

informed that the matter will appear a week hence for a preliminary

hearing and appropriate directions. In the meantime, every attempt

should be made by the third and fifth respondents to ensure the proper

collection of uncollected garbage and its appropriate disposal in

accordance with law.

List on April 20, 2022.

(W. Diengdoh) (Sanjib Banerjee)

Judge Chief Justice

Meghalaya
12.04.2022
“Santosh, P.S.”

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