DIMAPUR — A joint consultative meeting of the Dimapur District GB Association, GB Union Dimapur (Sadar), Mokokchung District GB Association, Kohima District GB Association, Chümoukedima District GB Association and Wokha District GB Association, held on November 15, deliberated on the legacy and legality of gaon buras (GBs) as one of the oldest institutions in the context of Naga society. A press release, jointly issued by the presidents of the six GB bodies, put forth the facts on how GB institution emerged and continued to exist as an entity.         The GBs informed that the British administration introduced GB institution in 1886 under the Regulation Act of Assam Land and Revenue, when Nagaland was under the administration of Assam as a hill district. “The main objective of GB establishment (institution) is to represent the citizens in the rural/urban and the government administration in the form of an entity to execute activities and assist as a medium of link between the people and the government machineries. “This tradition is efficiently continuing with appropriate standard norms for the GBs as agents representing the grassroots people in the daily affairs of law and order in the urban/rural areas in collaboration with the district administration, law...