The Madras
High Court has constituted a two-member Advocate Commissioner Committee to
conduct an inspection in the Anna Centenary Library at Kotturpuram on Tuesday
to check on the basic amenities in the Rs. 179-crore facility.
When a PIL
plea by S.T. Manonmani came up for hearing before the First Bench comprising
Chief Justice S.K. Kaul and Justice T.S. Sivagnanam on Monday, the counsel
appearing for the petitioner P. Wilson contended that there was an attempt to
gradually close down the library by reducing its amenities.
The Advocate
General opposed the contention and produced photographs showing the amenities
in the library.
On the
submission made by the counsel for the petitioner, the bench named P.T. Asha
and M. Sundar as members of the committee to conduct an inspection at the library
on Tuesday.
Observing
that the library was supposed to be “one of the best and of international
standard,” the bench said, “We are not commenting or whether it has been
permitted to deteriorate deliberately or otherwise as alleged by the petitioner
or whether it is maintained in the same condition as submitted by the AG. We
would like to have an impartial inspection of the library as the situation
prevalent earlier when it was inaugurated.”
During the
inspection, a representative each from the petitioner and the respondent sides
were permitted to be present and the committee was also directed to file its
report by August 24.
This
followed claims by the petitioner that there was an attempt to gradually close
down the facility
Source | Asian Age | 30 July 2015
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