The Hindu 28.01.2010
Court orders notice to Corporation
Special Correspondent
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has ordered notice to the Chennai Corporation on a writ petition by a councillor who sought a direction to the authorities to take action against officers of the civic body for non-implementation of works for which sums were allotted to provide proper sanitation and other miscellaneous works in his ward, No.53.
In his petition, K. Amstrong of Perambur said he was also the State organiser of the Bahujan Samaj Party. Officials of the Chennai Corporation did not cooperate with him to do the works in his ward. He took up the matter at the councillors meeting, but it was not considered by the Corporation Commissioner “because of political enmity and social bias.”
He said that ultimately people’s welfare would suffer. He had a right and liability to fulfil the works.
The civic body had reluctantly done something. He sent a representation in November last year to the Chief Minister and others, but there was no reply. Hence, the present petition.
He prayed the court to direct the Chennai Corporation to do the sanitation work in ward no.53 for which Rs.25 lakh had been allocated for 2009-10, pending disposal of the petition.
