BM Lanong
Ka Constituent Assembly (Ka Dorbar Lor) ka ri India ha ki snem ba dang don ki Phareng, ka la thung ia kawei ka Sub-Committee jong ka Sorkar India, ha ka 27.2.1947, halor ka bynta ban peit ia ki kam kiba iadei bad ka North East Frontier (Assam) Tribal and Excluded Areas, ha kaba la jied ia u Hon’ble Mr Gopinath Bordoloi, u briew uba iar jingmut, kum u Chairman. La buh ruh ha kane ka Sub-Committee barit ia u Hon’ble Rev.J.J.M.Nichols Roy (Bah Joy) kum uwei na ki dkhot.
Dei kane ka Bordoloi Sub-Committee, kaba la pdiang ia ka jingai jingmut i Bah Joy ban seng ia ka Rympei Saindur (institution) ban khot ki District Council sha kine ki thain shatei-mihngi ka ri India (North East), ban iada kyrpang ia ki riewlum rit paid jong kane ka thain.
Katei ka Sub Committee ka la rah ia ka jingai jingmut jong ka sha ka Advisory Committee ba hakhlieh, kaba long Chairman da u Hon’ble Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, kaba don 45 ngut ki dkhot.
Kawei na ki mat ba la iatai ha ka Advisory Committee ha u bnai Rymphang 1948, ka long la yn ailad ne em ia kibym dei ki riewlum ba kin shim bynta ban ialeh ilekshon District Council, ia kaba ka Committee ka la kyntait, bym dei ban pynjngut ia kane ka kam kaba iadei bad ka bynta bakyrpang ban iada ia ki riewlum.
Tip kumno pat ka sorkar u Capt. W.A.Sangma, ka la shah ia u Mr Bhaskar Choudhury bad ia u Mr.K.R.Deb ba kin long ki kyrtong Congress na Laban bad Laitumkhrah ha u snem 1972 bad ba ki da jop ruh na baroh ar jaka.
Mynta pat la iohi ha ki thup kyrteng (Electoral Roll), ba ki la sdang iohlad katto-katne ki khyllah ruh ban rung kyrteng kum ki nongthep vote. Ka Election Department ka hap pynshai ia kane ka bynta.
Ma, lada duh District Council
Haneng la iohi ba ki khraw pyrkhat, ha ki sngi ba dang lung ka ri India, ki la iohi jngai ia ka bynta ban iada ia ki paid riewlum barit bad ba sahdien, da kaba seng pynman ia ki District Council.
Ki don pat katto-katne ngut ki nong Shillong ha ki snem ba la leit noh, kiba kynthup ia ki kynja khraw pyrkhat, ki longkmie ruh bad ki khyllah jait ruh, kiba la iatai bad sngew ba ym donkam District Council shuh, namar hana, ba la ioh ia ka jylla lajong. Don hangne-hangtai kiba la iamynjur.
Ka jinglyngkot ka jingmut jingpyrkhat, sur matlah sa da ka jingbieit (ignorance), don pat kiba tip bha, tangba da ki buit myrsiang ki niom lang ban pynduh District Council noh. U paidbah bapli u shu ang um tyngheng!
Ka seng ki nongkhaii mynder lei kiba ha Iewduh kila leit bunsien shaduh Supreme Court ban pynduh noh i aka District Council namar ba ki hap ban da shim laisen khaii, haba ki dei ki nong India. Hynrei ka kashari Bahalor eh ruh kam ai jingiada ia ki, namar ka District Council ka don ki nongrim trei kam jong ka.
Ki paidbah ki dei ban tip shai, ba ka Sorkar India kaba bat shabi na Delhi ka don kumba 97 tylli ki bor treikam, ki sorkar jylla pat ki don kumba 66 tylli ki bor, nangta ki don sa kumba 47 tylli ki bor treikam kiba iapeit lang hapdeng ka Sorkar Pdeng bad ki sorkar jylla (Concurrent List).
Ia kine baroh lah ban iohi ha ka Bynrap 7 (Seventh Schedule) jong ka Constitution.
Ki Syiem, Rangbah Shnong ha ka Bynrap-6.
Halor kitei ki nongrim synshar-khadar, ia ki District Council pat la saindur hapoh ka Bynrap-6 (Sixth Schedule), ha kaba la kdew ia ki bor treikam ki District Council.
Kaba sngewhun ka long, ba ha ri India ym don shuh ki Hima Syiem bad ki Syiem Hindu, Muslim bad kiwei kiwei. La sloit lut ia ki iktiar jong ki hadien ba ka ri India ka la ioh jinglaitluid (Indepndence 1947).
U Maharaja ka Hima Hyderabad ba don da ki hajar ki shipai ki swar, ki thup ki man, u la pyneh da ka bor, hynrei tang hapoh 3 sngi hadien ba la iap bun ki shipai jong u bad la julor lut ki ktem jong u, u la pyndem toin.
Tang ki Syiem Khasi, ki Khlieh Nongsynshar Hima Khasi-Pnar ki don kyrteng ha ka Constitution ka ri India- (Bynrap Bahynriew) kaba ong ha ka parakrap 3 (g) ba ki District Council ki don ka bor ban thaw ain ha kaba iadei bad ka jingthung bad jingbujli ia ki Syiem, (Khlieh Nongshynshar) ne ki Rangbah Shnong (appoinment and succession of Chiefs and Headmen).
Kumta la thaw ia ka ain ‘The UK&J Hills Appointment of Chiefs and Headmen Act 1959, ynda la seng ia ki District Council ha u snem 1952.
La nang mih sa kiwei-kiwei ki ain hadien kane, ban buh ryntih ia ki bynta kiba iadei bad kiwei ki bor halor ki kam riti-dustur ka jait bynriew, ka khaii pateng bad ki iew ki hat, ki khlaw ki btap, ki Kashari bishar ain, ki kam mar poh khyndew, ki khajna ki dan, ki bynta halor ka khyndew ka shyiap bad kiwei-kiwei, kynthup ia ki riti synshar khadar ia ki Hima-Sima bad ki shnong ki thaw.
Ka S.K. Dutta Commission 1984
Ka Sorkar Meghalaya ka la thung ia katei ka Commission ban tohkit ia ki rukom treikam ki District Council, hapoh utei u rangbah uba ju long u Chief Justice (Retd) ka Gauhati High Court.
Katei ka Commission, ha ka kaiphot jong ka ka la shem kumne “Dei ban kynmaw ba ki Rympei-Saindur (institutions) jong ki sorkar shnong (local government) ki don ka bynta kaba khraw ha baroh ki ri synshar paidbah. Ia ki bor synshar barit, ki ju khot ki sorkar shnong, namar ki kdew ia ka rukom peit bad pyniaid ia ki kam shnong kam thaw, borabor da ki nongkit kam kiba dei napdeng ki riew paidbah ka shnong.
Ha ka mokotduma hapdeng ki mamla, N.H.Kheri Vrs Manik Roa Patil (AIR 1977 S.C.2171), ka Kashari bahalor tam (Supreme Court) ka la kynthoh ha kaba iadei bad ka jingai bynta lang sha ki bor ba sha trai (decentralisation of powers) kumne- “Ka bor ki paidbah, kaba long ka tyllong jong kata ka ri synshar-paidbah kan long kam-kai noh, lada ia ka nongrim bate kam nalor sha trai bad ban ai bynta lang sha ki bor kiba kham hapoh kiba donkam katkum ka Article 40 yn pynduh noh. Wat lada ia ki District Council kiba long kita ki nongmuna kiba ksoh ia kata ka nongrim pdiang kam halor bad ioh bynta lang, yn pyndam noh ruh, hynrei yn dang donkam hi da kiwei pat ki Rympei-Saindur jong ka riti synshar-khadar shnong, ban pyndep ia ki jingthmu bad jingkdew kiba don ha ka nongrim (Directive Principle)”
Na kitei ki jingshem ka Commission, ka shai kdar, ba yn ym don kano-kano ka sorkar kaba lah ban synshar hi marwei khlem iatrei ryngkat bad ki bor synshar kum ki District Council ia kiba ki ju khot ha ka ktien sorkar, local self-government.
Ki District Council ki don ruh sha Assam, Mizoram, Tripura bad ha kiwei ki jylla. Ha Assam bad Tripura ki don lang ruh ha ki bynta ri-thor sa ki Panchayat kiba kham donbor ban ia ki District Council.
(Peit ha ka 11th Schedule-Bynrap-11. Pule ruh i aka kot ‘Bynrap-Bahynriew’ da u nongthoh.)
Phi don ban ong eiei?