SHILLONG, April 20: The Deputy Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Prestone Tynsong expressed that the Government happily welcomes the appointment of Retired Justice of Gauhati High Court, Justice B.P. Katakey by the High Court of Meghalaya to supervise the study whether the State Government has followed the instructions of the Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal in order to arrest those involved in illegal mining of coal.
On being queried today, he said that the Government is happy that a retired judge has been chosen for the supervision work because the people have so far only blamed the Government, and with this directive of the Court, the public will also know that the Government has done the right thing.