HC directs TN govt to sort out any anomalies in CISF needs

Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to hold a meeting with Registrar General of the Court to remove any anomalies with respect to the requirements of CISF personnel deployed in its premises.
CISF is in charge of security of Madras High Court.
Observing that there had been no progress on the matter since the last date of hearing, the first bench, comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice M M Sundresh which heard the suo moto PIL on Wednesday, directed Advocate General A L Somayaji and the Assistant Solicitor General representing the state to discuss the requirements of the CISF security personnel with the Registrar General on April 5.

Earlier, when the matter came up on March 9, the court said no Government Order had been passed on various needs of CISF personnel deployed for security on its campus.
It had directed the Tamil Nadu government to expedite allotment of funds for deployment of CISF personnel for providing security to its premises.
A proposal regarding the needs of CISF was sent along with a status report filed by the Registrar-General, to the government on March 9 2016, for sanction of funds.

In its report the RG had stated that proposals on extension of the security scheme to areas presently covered by local police and to Madurai bench had not been released.

The AG submitted that two G.O's had been passed to meet some of CISF's needs and had sought more time for other requirements on account of financial year ending.
However, after hearing the AG, the bench posted the matter for further hearing to April 13, 2016.
About 650 CISF personnel have been deployed at the Madras High Court fromNovember 16last year.The state government had sanctioned Rs 16.6 crore for the first six months, which will expire byMay 15.
On October 14, 2015, the High Court had ordered that the "inner circle" of its campuses here and Madurai be brought under CISF cover as a temporary measure and directed the state and central governments to jointly formulate a security protocol.

The court had taken up the suo motu PIL after it saw unruly scenes and obstruction by lawyers agitating for declaring Tamil as official court language and over contempt of court proceedings against two Madurai-based Bar leaders.
On November 4, the apex court had refused to interfere with the HC for deployment of CISF by replacing state police security at its Chennai premises.