The State government’s plan to construct Vallalar International Centre (VIC) at a cost of ₹99.99 crore on 3.18 acres out of 71.20 acres of land at Sathya Gnana Sabai at Vadalur in Cuddalore district now hinges on the result of two Public Interest Litigation petitions filed in the Madras High Court against the construction on the Peruveli land.
A Division Bench of Justices R. Mahadevan and P.D. Audikesavalu have decided to hear the PIL petitions filed by S. Vinoth Ragavendran of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and K.A. Thamizhavengai during a special sitting on May 10. Temple activist Ranagarajan Narasimhan also had filed an impleading petition for making his submissions too on the issue.
The judges decided to hear the counsel for the petitioners as well as Advocate General P.S. Raman, assisted by Special Government Pleader (Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments) during the special sitting since it was represented that the government had already awarded the contract for the construction and laid the foundation stone.
