justice C Kumarappan took note of the GO dated Sept 16, 2025, wherein the govt designated the revenue department as a model department to deal with the installation of new statues and to set out a procedure for installation

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HC Closes Plea Against Relocation Of Statue In Madurai
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TNN | Oct 23, 2025, 22:39 IST

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Madurai: Madras high court has directed the authorities to act as per a GO, on a plea seeking not to remove or relocate the statue of prominent Tamil poet, scholar, and writer Kavimani Desiyavinayagam Pillai situated in Tallakulam in Madurai city. The court also closed the public interest litigation filed by R Kanagavel Pandian.
The petitioned stated that students, social activists, and public offer tributes to Pillai’s statue during his birth anniversary every year.
In this backdrop, authorities planned to remove the statue from Tallakulam for road expansion work. Hence, the petitioner moved court.
A division bench of justice Anita Sumanth and justice C Kumarappan took note of the GO dated Sept 16, 2025, wherein the govt designated the revenue department as a model department to deal with the installation of new statues and to set out a procedure for installation of the same. Division level sub-committee and district level committee have been constituted as per the GO, and standard operating procedures for installation of statues and erection of flagpoles in private land parcels have been set out.”
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