Calcutta HC forms committee to identify fake job cards under MGNREGA

A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the formation of a four-member committee for the identification of fake job cards in West Bengal in the 100-day job scheme under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).

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As per the directive of the Division Bench of Chief Justice Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya, the four-member committee will have one representative each from the Union Government, the West Bengal Government, the office of the Comptroller and auditor general of India, the office of the Accountant General, West Bengal.

As per the directive, the committee will prepare a district-wise report and for that, the committee members should make extensive visits to each sub-division in each district to check the enlisted job cards.

Two separate PILS had been filed at the Calcutta High Court relating to irregularities in West Bengal in the 100-day job scheme under the MGNREGA.

While one PIL has been filed by the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, the other has been filed by West Bengal Khet Mazdoor Samiti, an association of agricultural workers.