Place CAG report before PAC within 8 weeks: Gauhati High Court to Dispur

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: A division bench of the Gauhati High Court has directed the Assam Government to place the CAG's (Comptroller and Auditor General) report before the Public Accounts Committee within eight weeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order to verify the contentions raised by a petitioner as regards to the embezzlement of a large amount of money meant for public purposes.

In its PIL (20/2021), Amguri Naba Nirman Samity alleged misappropriation of government funds allotted to Jorhat Municipal Corporation (JMC) from fiscal 2009-10 to 2018-19. The petitioner prayed for a command directing the State Government to take into account the audit report of the Accountant General (audit), Assam. The Samity also prayed to the court to take cognizance of the complaint dated June 21, 2019, and August 13, 2019. The Samity also prayed for an impartial investigation into the matter of corruption as alleged in the FIR of the Jorhat Police Station case (1690/2020) registered under Section 409 of IPC.

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