HC directs govt to take action for sanctioning lift operator

The Madras High Court bench here has directed the state government to take action within two months for sanctioning a post of lift operator for court complex at Paramakudi in Ramanathapuram district and constructing a ramp in the two-storey building for which proposals had been sent.
Justices S Manikumar and S S Sundar gave the direction on a PIL filed by S Parthasarathy who submitted that physically challenged people found it very difficult to go to court halls in the first and second floors as the elevator did not function properly.
Advocate D Sivaraman, representing the Registrar General of the High Court, told the Bench that a proposal sent to the state government for sanctioning a post of lift operator in the combined court complex at Paramakudi. The proposal was followed up with a few reminders, he said.

For the time being, a junior Bailiff attached to a Sub Court in Paramakudi had been deputed to work as a lift operator.
The Assistant Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, Paramakudi, also had submitted a rough estimate of Rs 34.10 lakh for construction of a ramp to the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Ramanathapuram, he said.