Cap on tourist vehicles to Ooty, Kodaikanal: Madras HC to hear T.N. govt.’s review plea on April 4
The Hindu
The Madras High Court on Thursday (April 3, 2025) agreed to hear, on Friday (April 4, 2025), a review petition filed by the Tamil Nadu government against an order passed by the court on March 13, 2025, which fixed a cap on the number of tourist vehicles allowed to visit the Nilgiris and Kodaikanal during the ongoing summer season.
The Madras High Court on Thursday (April 3, 2025) agreed to hear, on Friday (April 4, 2025), a review petition filed by the Tamil Nadu government against an order passed by the court on March 13, 2025, which fixed a cap on the number of tourist vehicles allowed to visit the Nilgiris and Kodaikanal during the ongoing summer season.
Justices N. Sathish Kumar and D. Bharatha Chakravarthy asked Additional Advocate General J. Ravindran to make sure that Advocate General P.S. Raman appears for the hearing on Friday. He was also asked to serve copies of the review petition on amici curiae T. Mohan, Chevanan Mohan, Rahul Balaji, and M. Santhanaraman.
Earlier in the day, advocate T.V. Suresh Kumar told the court that some traders in the two hill stations had downed their shutters on Wednesday against the court order fixing a cap on the number of tourist vehicles, and contended that the State government ought not to have permitted such agitations against judicial orders.
On the other hand, the AAG told the court that the government had filed a review petition as there were certain difficulties in limiting the number of tourist vehicles to the two hill stations. He also requested the court to take up the plea for hearing at the earliest since the local traders were unhappy with the restrictions.
The court had fixed a cap of 6,000 tourist vehicles per day on weekdays and 8,000 vehicles on weekends for the Nilgiris, and 4,000 vehicles per day on weekdays and 6,000 on weekends for Kodaikanal, during the summer season from April to June this year.
The traders, however, had complained of loss of business due to such restrictions.
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