Guwahati, Sept. 2: A division bench of Gauhati High Court today asked the Assam chief secretary, principal secretary (home) and deputy secretary (hill area development department) to appear in the court on Monday in a case related to the multicrore-rupee scam in Dima Hasao district.
The division bench comprises Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice B.P. Kotokey.
The ruling came after a CBI counsel on Thursday submitted a list of cases to the court and made it clear that Dispur was yet to hand over the case pertaining to compensatory afforestation in Dima Hasao (formerly NC Hills) district for investigation to the CBI.
The court on August 31 sought to know from the CBI the status of the case.
The hill area development department had earlier in their affidavit to the court stated that the case had already been handed over to the CBI.
Counsel of the Assam Enviro-Legal Protection Society Nazrul Haque Majhar Bhuyan today said the NGO filed a PIL earlier this year alleging misutilisation of Rs 12.16crore given to the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council by the National Highways Authority of India in 2008.
The NGO alleged that former Assam Governor Lt Gen. (retd) Ajai Singh, the principal secretary of NC Hills, former NC Hills Autonomous Council chief executive member Depolal Hojai and bamboo merchant R.S. Gandhi misutilised the amount by diverting it to a separate account in Guwahati.
Based on the PIL, the court had earlier issued notices to Dispur, Centre, CBI, apart from other officials.
“The court has taken a serious note of the issue today and we hope to get justice in the next hearing of the court on Monday next,” Bhuyan added.
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