The residents of Harijan Colony have written to Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma reiterating that their right to residence in the colony is not negotiable, and any attempt by the Government of Meghalaya to relocate, dislocate or evict them is in violation of the Constitution of India.
“We are categorical that relocating us to another place is neither feasible nor acceptable and is completely against the Constitution of India,” Gurjit Singh, president, City Gurudwara Management Committee, Shillong, and secretary, Harijan Panchayat Committee, said in the letter to the Chief Minister.
He also said that the residents believe that with the intervention of the Sikh bodies, the Central government and the Punjab government – a proposal should be drafted for the beautification and development of the nearly two acres of land which legitimately belongs to them, by fully regularizing their rights and passing on the right to property to all the residents  living there and the proposal must have the approval of the Harijan Panchayat Committee and all residents of the area.