Shillong, Oct 11: The Meghalaya High Court has granted time to the district administration of Ri Bhoi to submit an enquiry report with regards to the setting up of a petrol pump.

The order was issued by the division bench of the Court while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by one Isrin Mawnai against the state government.

During the hearing, the bench observed that it appeared from the submission made by government advocate (GA) on the objections as filed in relation to the opening of petrol pump in question, the district magistrate was to conduct enquiry into the matter by an order issued on April 19.

But the Extra Assistant Commissioner has not completed the enquiry and has not submitted his report as yet.

The GA submits that as per his instructions, the Extra Assistant Commissioner shall be conducting the enquiry at the earliest and shall submit the report within a week and prayed for some time to complete all his instructions.