A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Tuesday declined to intervene in issues regarding implementation of the proposed Monorail/Light Metro projects in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode.
The Bench comprising Chief Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice A.M. Shaffique, while closing a public interest writ petition, said it was apparent that a final decision was yet to be taken by the government on issues such as entrusting the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) with the entire work.
The writ was filed by T.V. Sankaranarayanan of Thiruvananthapuram, who said that the State government was going ahead with a plan to entrust the consultancy to the DMRC without calling for a global tender.
The court observed that these were matters to be decided by the government at the time of implementation of the proposal.
The court noted that as the matter stood, there was no finality on the issues. Therefore, the writ petition was premature. At this stage, the court did not intend to interfere in the matter.
The court closed the writ petition without prejudice to the petitioner to agitate as and when the course of action took place.
The petitioner said that in the matter of appointing general consultant, the accepted mode of selection of a consultant was through global tenders.
However, the DMRC was pressuring the government to give the work to it, the petition alleged.
Says decision is yet to be taken by government
Writ petition is premature: court
