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Kolkata, Sep 19 (PTI) Alleging that the Fourth State Finance Commission continued beyond its five-year tenure in violation of the Constitution, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday said members of the panel are "liable to return salary" and "all expenses need to be recovered as public money cannot be so squandered".
He also claimed the SFC did not make recommendations to the governor since 2014, which, he described as "collapse of constitutional mechanism".
"SFC under constitution is for five years.
Fourth SFC @MamataOfficial continued beyond in violation of Constitution.
Chairman and Members are liable to return salary and perks to State and all expenses need to be recovered from concerned as Public money cannot be so squandered," he said on Twitter.
However, Abhirup Sarkar, the chairman of the Fourth State Finance Commission, told PTI that the members of the panel did not receive any fee after submitting their report to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in February 2016.