Court orders status quo

December 23, 2011 01:53 am | Updated 01:53 am IST - CHENNAI:

The Madras High Court on Thursday ordered that status quo be maintained till December 23 in a matter relating to a building allotted to M.K. Stalin, Kolathur MLA, to run his office in the constituency.

Justice V. Dhanapalan passed the order on a writ petition by Mr. Stalin.

Mr. Stalin stated that the Chennai Corporation had allotted him the building on First Circle Road in Jawahar Nagar. It was an old structure and had not been used for at least 10 years by the civic body. It was renovated to run the MLA office. On Thursday a resolution was adopted authorising the corporation to recover the building. He alleged that the authorities were determined to take over the building. False information was furnished in the resolution as if there was an order in a writ petition that the building should be used only for educational activities. At no point of time was the 4500 sq.ft. structure used for educational purposes. Ever since a portion of the building was allotted to him, the State government started questioning the same. There was an immediate urgency to protect the office.

Mr. Justice Dhanapalan said after hearing the Advocate-General he intended to hear the action contemplated under the Chennai City Municipal Corporation Act, under which the State government should give an opportunity of hearing to the person concerned. The Advocate-General consistently said that an opportunity was given. The Judge posted the case for Friday.

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