Calcutta, June 10: The eagerness to return the Singur land has brought to the fore the pitfalls that lie ahead of a fledgling government high on confidence but low on experience.

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee herself made a reference to her unfamiliarity with the nitty-gritty of law-making in a state that has been under the same government for over three decades.

“I am well-versed in parliamentary norms since I have been there for long. But I am not that familiar with legislative practices in the Assembly and the technicalities involved,’’ Mamata, who has been an MP and central minister several times but not an MLA, said at Writers’ today.

A well-oiled system in Delhi ensures that sensitive matters such as ordinances are vetted more or less thoroughly by officials before being placed before the cabinet, which has to forward it to the President for approval. Such a system is yet to take root in Bengal.

Former Speaker Hashim Abdul Halim struck a note of empathy. “One can be inexperienced. There is nothing wrong with it. I don’t blame Mamata since she is not a member of the Assembly. But she should not make such moves without consulting experts.’’

This is not the first time Mamata’s young government has spoken out in haste and made amends in leisure. Although the government had suggested that the full details of the Singur agreement would be made public fast, industries minister Partha Chatterjee clarified later that the disclosure would be made in a selective manner. The rethink apparently set in after the government was made aware of the possible legal problems a full disclosure can bring about.

The confusion over the constitutional propriety of the government’s initial move to bring in an ordinance was evident today. While Mamata had repeatedly referred to an “ordinance” yesterday, law minister Malay Ghatak pointed out today that “as long as it is not notified, it’s not an ordinance”. Mamata today said the government would not notify the ordinance since the governor had convened the Assembly session on June 13.

Trinamul MP and lawyer Kalyan Banerjee accused the CPM of “wrong legislative practices” but added that “the House is technically in session but not substantially”.

Sources said Mamata took the decision to shun the short cut and advance the Assembly session where a bill can be placed after M.K. Narayanan called chief secretary Samar Ghosh this morning.

“The session which has elected the new Speaker should have begun with the governor’s address. The new government broke that convention. Further, it has embarrassed the governor by asking him to sign an illegal ordinance,” former Speaker Halim said.