W.P.Nos.10666 of 2019 etc. W.P.Nos.10666 of 2019 and 2127 of 2021 THE HON’BLE CHIEF JUSTICE and P.D.AUDIKESAVALU,J. (Order of the Court was made by the Hon’ble Chief Justice) The matter had been adjourned

W.P.Nos.10666 of 2019 etc.
W.P.Nos.10666 of 2019 and 2127 of 2021
THE HON’BLE CHIEF JUSTICE
and
P.D.AUDIKESAVALU,J.
(Order of the Court was made by the Hon’ble Chief Justice)
The matter had been adjourned for two months by the
previous order of July 7, 2021 upon the State’s representation that
action could not be taken against the encroachers during the period
of lockdown following the second surge of the pandemic. The order
dated July 7, 2021 noticed that the restrictions imposed under the
lockdown had been eased and required appropriate action to be
taken in accordance with law under the Tamil Nadu Protection of
Tanks and Eviction of Encroachment Act, 2007 upon due notice to
the perceived encroachers.
2. No status report has been forthcoming. Instead, it is
submitted by Mr.Muthukumar, learned Government Pleader, that
there was a previous petition of the year 2010 in which the
encroachers were directed to be removed, whereupon 403
encroachers were discovered and despite the State attempting to
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W.P.Nos.10666 of 2019 etc.
10. While on the subject, it may be noticed that floods are
predicted in the city because channels allowing rainwater to drain
out have been blocked, particularly around this city, and the 2015
floods may only have been a mild portender of future calamities. It
is not for the court to interfere in executive functioning or direct the
executive to do this or do that, but when reports abound
complaining of what the Cooum River has now become or the
Buckingham Canal has been reduced to, there has to be some
concern shown by the State to take appropriate measures. At the
end of the day, development has to be sustainable and if the
pandemic has taught us a lesson, it is that the human species may
not yet be smart enough to beat nature and it is imperative that
humans co-exist with nature and other plant and animal life.
List on September 15, 2021.
(S.B., CJ.) (P.D.A., J.)
08.09.2021
sasi
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