The Supreme Court on Monday declined to interfere with the Calcutta High Court’s order that directed the resumption of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme in West Bengal from August 1, 2025, dismissing the Centre’s plea challenging the decision.

A Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta said, “We are not convinced that the impugned order requires any interference. The SLP is dismissed.”

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The High Court’s order—passed earlier this year—had come in response to petitions highlighting the non-payment of wages to MGNREGA workers in the State. The scheme’s implementation had been halted in 2022 following allegations of large-scale embezzlement of funds.

While acknowledging that the Centre was within its rights to continue in

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