The Hindu 24.12.2010
Plea to quash CMDA order
CHENNAI: The High Court on Thursday ordered notice on a PIL petition seeking to quash the CMDA order of July last year providing for reservation of 15 per cent plots/houses/flats/shops etc. for allotment under the Chairman's discretionary quota.
Parithi Ellamvazhuthi, Information Minister, CMDA Chairman, has been cited as one of the respondents.
The petitioner, K. Karthikeyan of Annanagar West, an advocate, said that on January 4, 2009, the CMDA had notified a draw of lots for the sale of 200 shops in Koyambedu Wholesale Market Complex. Due to the creation of discretionary quota for the CMDA Chairman, the twice notified auction was postponed and subsequently cancelled for administrative reasons. The Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act under which the CMDA was created, did not provide any power to the Authority to create discretionary quota for its Chairman. When the discretionary quota was created, no guidelines had been framed.
The petitioner alleged that 26 shops had been sanctioned under the discretionary quota. This act was arbitrary and illegal, he said.
