Shillong, Oct 30: The Jaintia Joint Alliance (JJA) has urged the Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council (JHADC) to move the Supreme Court against what it called “unconstitutional transfer” of Block I and Block II by the then Governor of Assam through notifications of 1951 and 1955.

The JJA, a joint committee of the Jaintia Youth Federation and War Jaintia Students’ Union, contended that both the disputed areas belonged to the erstwhile United Khasi-Jaintia Hills District and impressed upon the JHADC that it should intervene and use the constitution for restoring justice and territorial integrity, which was denied to the people.

“In 1951, the then governor of Assam, acting under the transitional provisions of the Sixth Schedule, issued a notification transferring Block I and Block II o

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