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Infrastructure States - Tamil Nadu Madras HC orders status quo in integrated township case Our Legal Correspondent
LANDING IN TROUBLE: The vacant land in the SIPCOT information technolgy park at Siruseri, where Singapore Realty Private Ltd planned to build residential blocks. — Bijoy Ghosh
Chennai , March 3 The Madras High Court has ordered status quo in the case pertaining to the development of an integrated township by a Singapore company on the Old Mahabalipuram Road. The Tamil Nadu Government had issued an order on February 17, 2006 cancelling the allotment of 104.71 acres of land to the company, Singapore Realty Private Ltd. Challenging this, the company filed an appeal in the court. Mr Justice F.M. Ibrahim Kalifullah, who today admitted a writ petition from Mr Yeo Boon Kwang, Director, Singapore Realty Pvt Ltd, challenging the government order, ordered status quo and gave two weeks notice to the Government to submit its counter. The GO cancelled the MoU between the Government and the Singapore company on the ground that the proposal to construct an integrated township at the plot in Siruseri was not accorded the mandatory environmental impact assessment clearance by the Central Government. The petitioner contended that while the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests was corresponding with the State Pollution Control Board, the State Government did not indicate that it intended to cancel the MoU. The cancellation of the MoU was an "illegal" action, the petitioner alleged. The petitioner had a right to be heard on the issue. There was no show-cause notice prior to the issuance of the impugned order. The petitioner prayed for a stay of the operation of the impugned GO and the subsequent letter issued by the SIPCOT (State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu). The court is hearing a batch of public interest litigation against the project, which alleged that the land was given to the Singapore company at a low price when the market price was much higher. The public interest litigation also contended that land in that area had been acquired for an IT park. The company, a subsidiary of the Singapore-based Lee Kim Tah Holdings, planned to set up an international-style township complex spread over 100-acres at Siruseri, near Chennai. Attempts to contact company officials were of no avail.
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