Shillong, April 12: Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong on Wednesday said that the state government had filed multiple pleas before the Meghalaya High Court to allow implementation of the roster system ‘prospectively’.
“After the High Court has given its ruling in 2022, we have filed affidavit (on this matter) not less than three times where we pleaded with the High Court to allow us (government) to implement the roster system prospectively not retrospectively,” Tynsong told reporters.
“But the High Court at that point in time insisted that it should be implemented retrospectively meaning from the inception of the state reservation policy,” he said when responding to a query with regards to the demand of the Voice of the People Party (VPP) to put on hold implementation of the roster system pending the review of the state reservation policy.
Tynsong, however, informed that the government would soon convene a cabinet meeting and an All-party meeting to discuss the roster system.
“Again, we are waiting for the chief minister to reach Shillong and we will call a meeting. We will have a cabinet meeting and also we will have an all party meeting with all responsible leaders and we will share and will discuss how to go forward,” he said.
When asked, the deputy chief minister said, “I have no right to reply on behalf of the High Court but that’s what I am saying, the point is very clear that we pleaded already as we wanted to implement it prospectively but the High Court insisted and said on record that it should be implemented from the inception of reservation policy. So, as of today, it stands like that.”
