Chief Minister Hemant Soren has approved the proposal related to the formation of a bench of Jharkhand High Court in Dumka district. It is to be known that apart from the main bench in Ranchi of Jharkhand High Court, no bench is functioning in any district of the State.
With regard to the establishment of the bench of Jharkhand High Court in Dumka district, the then Chief Secretary had directed the building construction department to mark the land. Apart from this, a letter was sent by the Law Department to the Supreme Court and Union Ministry of Law and Justice regarding the jurisdiction of the bench.
Meanwhile, in another development a Protection Work for Landslide will be constructed at the length of 300 m (near NH-80) in Shobhapur village (Kamlen garden) on the right bank of river Ganga under Sahibganj district. CM Hemant Soren has given administrative approval of an estimate of Rs 814.42 lakh for the construction work.
Implementation of the schemes recommended by the State Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and Planning Review Committee (SRC) in the light of the recommendations received by the regional erosion committee for anti erosion / flood protection works to be carried out at various erosion sites due to excessive rainfall in rivers.
Proposal for administrative approval of the amount has been approved.
In light of the recommendations made by the State Technical Advisory Committee concluded on December 3, 2020, the meeting of the Planning Review Committee has agreed to implement the implementation plan under the jurisdiction of Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department, Deoghar. In the light of this, by giving technical approval of this work by the Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department, Deoghar, an estimate of Rs. 814.42 lakh has been made available for administrative approval.
The CM on Monday also approved the proposal related to the recommendation made by the Central Government to include the State of Chaiyn (Kewat, Mallah, Nishad) in the list of Scheduled Castes of Jharkhand State. It will now be kept for approval in the Cabinet meeting.
A report was sought from Dr. Ramdayal Munda Tribal Welfare Research Institute regarding eligibility of Scheduled Castes by examining social and educational status in relation to inclusion of Chaiyn (Kewat, Mallah, Nishad) caste in the list of Scheduled Castes. After a detailed study from the institute, the report that was submitted to the State government recommended the Central Government to recommend the status of Scheduled Castes in the state of Jharkhand to the caste of Chayya (Kewat, Mallah, Nishad).