Kolkata: The Governor of West Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday expressed concern over allegations of the principle of the Government of Mamata Banerjee about the appointment of the Chairperson of the State Human Rights Commission.
He asked the government to provide a time frame where the recommendation for the appointment of the Chairperson of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission will be given.
Expressing concerns “Dithering Attitudes @MamataOfficial for the appointment of the Chairperson of the Chairman of the Human Rights Commission” in a Tweet, the Governor said, “Must pay attention to @IndianHRC found that in a state of existing ‘ruler law, not legal rules’ and tried hard to save the situation.” Committee The fact finder, appointed by the National Human Rights Commission, in alleged violence after the poll in the state, has been in July, said the situation in West Bengal is “the manifestation of the law of the ruler, not a legal rule”.
The NHRC panel was based on the orders by five judges from the Calcutta High Court.
The state government has requested the appointment of retired IPS officers Naparajit Mukherjee, a member of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission, as chairman of the body’s acting.
In communication to the government, the Governor said the protection of the Human Rights Law, 1993, stipulated that the State Commission would consist of the chairman who had become the main Jakim or the High Court Judge, while one member would become a former.
Judge of the High Court or District Judge in the state and one of the people who have knowledge of matters relating to human rights.
Of the three members, including the chairman, two were taken from the judiciary or with a Judicial background, Dhankhar said.
“The situation that is reflected is that the current chairman coordinated on December 20, 2021, and this left the Commission with a single member – Shri Naparajit Mukherjee”, he said, adding that the commission would hence without members taken from justice or.
With a judicial background, the governor also claimed that the state government was in the knowledge of time (RPD) Girish Chandra Gupta took over the office that the position of Chairperson of the State Human Rights Commission would fall in the emptiness on December 20.
“It is not understandable why the steps for the appointment of regular chairmen in terms of the provisions in the protection of human rights law, 1993, cannot be done before,” said Dhankhar.