The court observed that even the construction of the new Parliament was challenged, and the Supreme Court refused to interfere saying that it was a policy decision of the govt. Chennai: Madras high court on Monday dismissed, as withdrawn, a PIL seeking to stall the construction of a new secretariat in Foreshore Estate by the TVK govt.
Please tell us under what power the court can direct the govt to construct it in a particular place,” the first bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan said. You (petitioner) have approached the court with a two-page petition, but you didn’t even make an attempt to do research on the issue, the court said. R S Tamilvendan, a practicing lawyer, permitting the govt to proceed with the construction of a new secretariat in Pattinapakkam would put public and fishermen in irreparable loss and hardship, according to the petitioner.
“It is for the govt to construct wherever it wants.