SHILLONG, SEPT 25: Meghalaya government has termed that the publication of Notification No. DC.II/Genl/31/2015/9 of August 4, 2015 by the Office of the Executive Committee, Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) in the Gazette of Meghalaya (Extra-ordinary) No.97 of August 25, 2015 as unauthorized.
Meghalaya district council affairs department under-secretary informed that the government notification has been issued in the wake of the KHADC notifying the “Khasi Hills Autonomous District (Land Development and Building) Regulation, 2015” which was published in Part-IV of the Gazette of Meghalaya (Extra-ordinary) No. 97 dated 25th August, 2015.
The under secretary informed the general public and for future reference, the state government has notified that under Paragraph of Chapter XIV of the Meghalaya Secretariat, Manual of Office Procedures, 1993, a Gazette (Extra-ordinary) notification can be printed only with the approval of Printing and Stationery department except where this power has been specifically delegated, such as publication of Acts by law department or certain publications by assembly secretariat and election cepartment.
The official said Paragraph 186.6 of the manual clearly specifies that the notification to be published in the Gazette (Extra-ordinary) or the forwarding letter should ordinarily be signed by the secretary or, in his absence, by an officer not below the rank of a deputy secretary.
The official said it has been established that the above procedure has not been followed in the publication of the aforesaid notification in the Meghalaya Gazette (Extra-ordinary) of August 25, 2015.- By Our Reporter
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