Secy, DGP Chennai, Dec 8(PTI) A DMK MLA today moved the Madras HighCourt seeking to initiate contempt proceedings against theTamil Nadu Chief Secretary and the DGP for wilfully disobeyingcourt orders in connection with erection of illegal digitalbanners in Coimbatore for MGR centenary celebrations.
The plea filed by Singanallur constituency Legislator NKarthik is likely to be taken up for hearing on Monday.
Recently, the MLA filed a petition seeking to removeillegal and unauthorised hoardings, arches, banners and flexboards across Coimbatore by the AIADMK in view of former ChiefMinister MG Ramachandran's centenary celebrations scheduled inthe city.
He alleged the illegal banners caused the death of an NRIsoftware engineer, who died after hitting one suchunauthorised banner erected along a highway in the city.
On November 30, the High Court observed that erection ofarches, display boards, banners with poles abutting intopublic streets and pavements, which obstruct free and safemovement of traffic or free and safe movement of pedestriansor obstruct visibility of drivers is patently illegal anddirected authorities to immediately remove them.
The DMK MLA claimed that even after several remindersabout the court's order, the authorities failed to remove thebanners and initiate appropriate action against the offenders.
"The government being a role model in implementing ordersof the court ought to have strictly complied with thedirections and observations made by the High Court," hesubmitted.
"But, there is a total deliberate failure in complyingwith the order of the court and the same amounts to contemptof court," he contended.
Both, officials who granted alleged permits to erect thebanners in contravention of the court direction and thepersons, who erected them shall be liable to be punished underthe provisions of the Contempt of Courts Act, he said.PTI CORRSSDV.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.