Garo Hills Autonomous District Council

Coordinates: 25°55′52″N 90°53′46″E / 25.931°N 90.896°E / 25.931; 90.896
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Garo Hills Autonomous District Council
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Chief Executive Member
Albinush R Marak[1]
Structure
Seats30 Councillors (29 elected + 1 nominated)
Political groups
Government (17)
MDA (17)
  •   NPP (11)
  •   BJP (2)
  •   IND (3)

Opposition (13)

Nominated (1)

Elections
29 plurality voting
1 nominated
Last election
12 April 2021
Next election
2026
Meeting place
Tura, Meghalaya

Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) is an autonomous district council in the state of Meghalaya in India.[3] It is seated at Tura and covers East Garo Hills district, West Garo Hills district, South Garo Hills district, North Garo Hills district and South West Garo Hills district; is one of the three Autonomous District Councils within Meghalaya, and one of twenty-five autonomous regions of India. The total area of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council is 10,102 sq km having a population of 1,394,362 as of 2011.

History[edit]

The Constitution of India which was proclaimed in the year 1950 has under Article 244(2) a provision for administration of tribal areas in the then State of Assam as per Sixth Schedule to the Constitution. The States in the North Eastern Region were reconstituted by the North Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act 1971 and State of Meghalaya was formed comprising (a) the territories which immediately before that day were comprised in the autonomous State of Meghalaya and (b) so much of the territories comprised within the cantonment and municipality of Shillong, as did not form part of that autonomous State. The table appended to paragraph 20 was divided into three parts. Part II of the table covered the tribal areas of the State of Meghalaya as under:

  • United Khasi-Jaintia Hills District
  • Jowai District
  • Garo Hills District

In 22 October 1976 the Garo Hills district was bifurcated into two districts: West Garo Hills district and East Garo Hills district. The West Garo Hills district was further divided into two districts: West Garo Hills district and South Garo Hills district in June 1992. The South West Garo Hills was carved out of present West Garo Hills and The North Garo Hills district was carved out of the erstwhile East Garo Hills district in 2012.

The Garo Hills Autonomous District Council therefore now comprises the following five districts:

  1. East Garo Hills
  2. North Garo Hills
  3. South Garo Hills
  4. South West Garo Hills
  5. West Garo Hills

Elections[edit]

Various elections are as follows:

Judiciary Wing[edit]

Paragraph 4 and 5 of the Sixth Schedule provides for administration of justice in Autonomous areas. Under the above paragraphs, the ADCs are empowered to constitute Courts for trials of cases between parties belonging to Scheduled Tribe Communities.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Albinush Marak". The Meghalayan.
  2. ^ "Garo people will support Congress: Garo National Council".
  3. ^ "Three Autonomous District Councils of Meghalaya urges the National Commission to bar government from meddling - Sentinelassam". 15 May 2019.

External links[edit]

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