Aizawl, Dec 11 : Mizoram Journalist Association (MJA) today took strong exception to the delay in the clearance of advertisement bills by the state PWD's National Highway for a long time and threatened to approach the court of law if all the pending bills are not cleared by December 31, 2011.
A press statement issued by the MJA also instructed all the local newspapers not to publish any advertisements issued by the PWD National Highway before the pending bills are cleared.
The scribes body also condemned the decision of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways that the rates of advertisement should be as per the rates of the DAVP and not as per the approved rates of the state government.
"The advertisements given through the state government should be billed as per the government rates," the statement said.
The advertisements been kept pending for a year should be paid with 12 per cent interests in accordance with the instruction given by Justice Murkandey Katju, chairman of the Press Council of India, the statement added.
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