Supreme Court has directed the Meghalaya government to deposit the 100 crore rupees fine imposed on it by National Green Tribunal, NGT. <br />''<br />''The NGT had imposed the fine in January this year for failing to curb illegal coal mining. <br />''<br />''A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and K M Joseph directed the state administration to hand over the illegally extracted coal to Coal India Limited (CIL) which will auction it and deposit the funds with the state government. <br />''<br />''The bench also allowed the mining operation to go on in the state on the privately and community-owned land subject to the permissions from the concerned authorities.<br />''<br />''<br />