Special officer and senior advocate Subhasis Chakrawarty has cautioned East Khasi Hills Deputy Commissioner RM Kurbah against carrying out any eviction drive targeting hawkers from Khyndailad (Police Bazar) here, stating that such action would violate the Meghalaya High Court’s order.
In a letter to the DC, Chakrawarty cited the HC’s July 3 order, which instructed that a list of licensed vendors be prepared in consultation with the general secretary of the hawkers’ association, local authorities and police.
“This direction of the high court has not yet been complied with, and therefore the question of who are the unlicensed street hawkers at Khyndailad area remains undetermined. As such, if any eviction drive is carried out at this stage, it will be a clear violation of the HC’s order,” Chakrawarty stated, in response to the DC’s July 8 letter to the CEO of the Shillong Municipal Board (SMB).