In this way, the above matters are heard by this Constitution Bench.
Works within the places of religious worship and on land belonging to or owned by religious faith group.
To reduce the accumulated funds further and to improve accountability, some more companyditions have been laid down for release of MPLADS funds in a new MPLADS funds release and management procedure which was adopted with effect from 1st June 2005.
After the Scheme was transferred to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, revised guidelines were issued in December, 1994, February, 1997, September, 1999, April, 2002 and November, 2005.
Further accounting and monitoring procedure is provided by the Guidelines themselves under Clause 5 and 6 of the Guidelines, 2005.
They also prayed for direction from this Court for scrapping of the MPLAD Scheme and for impartial investigation for the misuse of the funds allocated in the Scheme.
Though the challenge in the writ petitions and the transferred cases is to the companystitutional validity of the MPLAD Scheme, in view of substantial question of interpretation of Articles 275 and 282 of the Constitution of India are involved, particularly, transfer of funds from the Union Government to the Members of Parliament, by reference dated 12th July, 2006 a three Judge Bench headed by Honble the Chief Justice of India referred the same to a Constitution Bench.
The Scheme is governed by a set of guidelines which were first issued by the Ministry of Rural Development in February, 1994.
Brief facts On 23.12.1993, the then Prime Minister announced the MPLAD Scheme.
Sathasivam, J. The petitioners have filed the above writ petitions challenging the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme hereinafter referred to as the MPLAD Scheme as ultra vires of the Constitution of India.
