Madras HC dispenses with personal appearance of Chief Secretary in water bodies encroachment case
The Hindu
The Advocate General submitted a CD containing details of water bodies in 313 Taluks in the State, to the Court
The Madras High Court on Wednesday dispensed with the personal appearance of Chief Secretary V. Irai Anbu before the court on Thursday, after he submitted a compact disc containing the details of water bodies in all 313 taluks in the State along with their names, survey numbers and extent.
Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice P.D. Audikesavalu allowed a petition filed for dispensing with his appearance after Advocate General R. Shunmugasundaram submitted the CD containing the details of water bodies and said they were available on the Tamil Nilam website too.
The A-G said the details run to around 20,000 pages and hence were submitted in a CD. He urged the court to reconsider its December 8 order summoning the Chief Secretary in order to seek an explanation for not having submitted the details regarding the water bodies spread across the State.
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