Chennai:
The state government has asked Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) to submit a report within two weeks after it was rapped by Madras High Court recently for the huge backlog of cases pertaining to CMDA pending in the court.
This comes after additional advocate general informed the government that huge number of writ petitions are filed before Madras High Court seeking direction to CMDA and revenue authorities to dispose of the representation.
It is learnt that the Madras High Court has expressed its dismay over the pendency of representations for years warranting its interference by issuing directions.
As per a audit report, there are more than 2,000 pertaining to CMDA which is pending in various other courts, including Madras High Court.
Most of the cases pertain to service rules, unauthorised constructions, land acquisitions, CMDA project related cases, writ petitions etc.
Sources said that housing secretary has asked CMDA to submit a report within two weeks regarding the pending of cases in Madras High Court.
It is learnt that chief planners and senior planners have been asked to dispose of the representation of their concerned divisions by member secretary of CMDA.
They have also been asked to furnish division wise report pertaining to delay in disposal of pending representation.
This comes in the wake of state government developing a Court Case Monitoring System (CCMS), an IT application platform to monitor cases pending against the concerned department or officials.
The CCMS was set up after more than 20,000 contempt of court petitions were pending against Tamil Nadu government officials in Madras High Court and Madurai Bench between the year 2010 to February 16, 2014.
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