Madras High Court today directed its Registrar General (Administration) to file a status report with regard to a PIL which alleged trees were being cut in the court's Madurai Bench complex for providing infrastructure for the CISF personnel manning its security.
When the petition by M Karalmarx, an advocate, came up for hearing, a bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice R Mahadevan observed that nobody was informed about the felling of trees.
"Nobody was informed and I wonder why no one was informed of cutting trees. Big trees can be easily relocated; there are machines and technology for that purpose," Justice Kaul said.
The petitioner has also raised the issue of drainage from nearby villages flowing into a pond and sought directions to the Registrar General of the court and the Registrar (Administration), Madurai Bench to constitute a committee for assisting the building committee.
The bench directed the Registry to file a status report by July 19.
