SC refuses to entertain petition on Meghalaya-Assam boundary dispute

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaApril 22, 2019

SHILLONG: The Supreme Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by a KHNAM leader against the delay in resolving the boundary dispute between Meghalaya and Assam.

“Having heard counsel for the petitioner and upon pursuing the relevant material, we are not inclined to entertain the present petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed,” a bench headed by the chief justice said in its order passed on Monday.

The petition was filed by the general secretary of the Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement (KHNAM), THS Bonney, requesting the Supreme Court to direct the Centre to intervene into the matter.

Earlier in a statement made to the press, Bonney had stated that it was high time to bring long lasting peace in the border area to ensure security to the people of both the states.

Bonney lamented that talks held between the chief ministers and chief secretaries of the two states have been a futile exercise in the past many years.

“…so many statements of intents were made to finalise the issue and the results of these talks are for everyone to see. However, I believe that once the issue is taken up by the highest court in the lant, we will one day get everlasting peace in the border,” he stated.

Asked, the KHNAM leader said Article 3 of the Constitution of India has clearly spelt out that parliament is the sole authority to settle border dispute adding “Therefore it is the duty of the Central government to solve this problem once and for all.”

Bonney had also pointed out that the Supreme Court had also put the ball in the Centre’s court to implement report on demarcation of Andra, Karnataka boundary in the Obulapuram Mining Company case, last year.