Supreme Court Rules Relocation of Local Government Center is Discretionary Power of Rural Municipality

Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has delivered a landmark verdict on a dispute concerning whether the location of a rural municipality's center is merely a technical and administrative matter or also a constitutional one. The Supreme Court ruled that the decision to relocate the center of Isma Rural Municipality in Gulmi falls under the discretionary power of the rural municipality and stated that the court should not proceed to make a decision on such a matter.By dismissing the writ petition filed against the decision to relocate the center of Isma Rural Municipality in Gulmi, the Supreme Court provided a significant interpretation...