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| PIL seeking release of wages to around 23.5 lakhs MGNREGA workers | | DB grants last opportunity to file response | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 12: A division bench of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court comprising Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Mohan Lal granted six weeks last opportunity to Union of India and J&K UT to file counter affidavit failing which the petition will proceed in the absence of their response treating the averments made in the writ petition to be true and correct.
The DB made the observation in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by All Jammu & Kashmir Panchayat Conference seeking directions to release unpaid wages to 23.5 lakh workers working since 2015 in J&K. In the PIL it has been submitted that this is serious issue with regard to non-payment of wages to around 23.5 lakhs, out of which fifteen lakhs and forty three thousand (15.43 lakhs) are active workers, who are the residents of Jammu & Kashmir and had undertaken manual labour work under MGNREGA.
The PIL said that a huge amount of around Rs. 29108.96 lakhs stands as liability against the respondents for the due payment of wages, out of which an amount of Rs. 19224.69 lakhs, is due against the payment of wages of unskilled workers and an amount of Rs. 9884.27 lakhs is due on the payment of wages of skilled and semi-skilled workers. |
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