Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh government will clear the dues of works taken up under MGNREGS worth Rs756 crore to the gram panchayats in a week’s time.
A division bench headed by Chief Justice A.K. Goswami and Justice N. Jayasurya held the hearing on Tuesday on a batch of petitions seeking direction to the state government to clear payment dues for employment guarantee scheme works for the years from 2017 to 2019.
Government special pleader Suman and panchayat raj principal secretary G.K. Dwivedi submitted to the court that they got Rs571 crore from the Centre for this purpose. To this, they would add their share of Rs185 crore in a week’s time and remit the amount of Rs756 crore into the bank accounts of gram panchayats, where the works under job scheme were taken up earlier.
They also submitted that out of the total dues of Rs1,117 crore, they would pay the balance amount of Rs361 crore soon after the Centre released its share.
The court directed the state…