Bengal Executive’s Durga Puja Grant To Be Used On COVID-19 Apparatus: Calcutta Top Courtroom
Mamata Banerjee had introduced Rs 50,000 grant for 36,946 Durga Puja committees in Bengal
Kolkata:
The Calcutta Top Courtroom has directed the neighborhood Durga Puja organisers within the state to spend 75 consistent with cent of the Rs 50,000 grant given via the West Bengal executive at the procurement of Covid coverage apparatus and the remainder on strengthening public-police bonding.
A department bench comprising justices Sanjib Banerjee and Arijit Banerjee directed that the cash given via the state to the Durga Puja committees can’t be used for every other function, and buy expenses need to be submitted to the government for audit.
Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee had introduced on September 24 the Rs 50,000 grant for each and every of the 36,946 Durga Puja committees within the state.
“Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s been a difficult time for all folks. We’ve got determined to offer Rs 50,000 grant to each and every of the Durga Puja committees,” she had stated addressing a Durga Puja Coordination assembly.
CITU chief Sourav Dutta moved the petition on October nine ahead of the department bench, difficult the grant and different doles corresponding to reductions on software charges for permissions from fire brigade and gear distribution corporations.
The petitioner claimed that this kind of grant is in opposition to the idea that of secularism in India and that it hurts the basic rights supplied within the Charter.
All the way through arguments, the state executive advised the court docket that the grant is for “secular functions” like purchasing Covid protection apparatus and for public-police bonding.
The court docket directed that 25 consistent with cent of the Rs 50,000 grant to each and every of the committees will probably be used for strengthening public-police bonding and inclusion of extra girls in neighborhood policing.
It additionally stated that the remainder 75 consistent with cent of the finances need to be utilised for acquire sanitisers, mask and face shields.
It directed that expenses of such procurement will have to be submitted to the government in respective districts for auditing and a record should be submitted via the state executive ahead of the court docket after the Durga Puja holiday, when the subject could be taken up for listening to once more.
The court docket additionally stated that the meantime order will have to be dispensed to all Durga Puja committees thru leaflets and a sworn statement would need to be submitted via the state government on compliance.
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