A Vacation Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to interfere in a proposal made by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to accommodate willing ‘Makkal Nala Paniyalargal’ (MNPs) in 12,524 village panchayats across the State as ‘Employment Guarantee Scheme Work Coordinators‘ under MGNREGS on a priority basis for a monthly honorarium of ₹7,500.
The Bench of Justices M.R. Shah and Aniruddha Bose said that only willing MNPs need to accept the offer and the State government, which had already stepped into action on the Chief Minister’s proposal, was not compelling them to agree.
“It is very clear that only willing MNPs need to accept,” Justice Shah said.
