Madras high court on Wednesday ordered notice on a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging unauthorised fee collection by three aided schools in Theni, Ramanathapuram and Tiruvannamalai districts
Madurai: Madras high court on Wednesday dismissed a plea challenging the GO dated Oct 6, 2025, which issued guidelines to remove and rename streets, areas and waterbodies with caste names. A division bench of Justice C V Karthikeyan and Justice R Sakthivel, which was hearing a public interest litigation filed in 2025 by S Paramasivam, state vice-president of Hindu Advocates Front, observed that it did not find any objection to the GO. The judges also called upon the govt to include and rename left-out areas. However, the court permitted the state to proceed with the work to identify such places. He stated that the list of sample names diligently excludes great patriots from Tamil Nadu who sacrificed their lives and wealth in our nation’s freedom struggle. The names of Nayanmargal, Alwargal, Samayakuravargal and Siddharkal are conspicuously absent from the list. The GO also declined to afford an opportunity for submitting the objection and a hearing to the people of the locality which was going to be given a new name. Hence, the petitioner moved court.
Earlier, the court passed an interim order directing the state not to take a final decision on the implementation of a GO which issued guidelines to remove and rename streets, areas and waterbodies with caste names.