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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Special Correspondent

Five months since HC order, municipal building tribunal yet to be set up: FGG

The Forum for Good Governance (FGG), in a letter on Monday, reminded Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar of the need to appoint chairperson, technical members and other supporting staff for making the Municipal Building Tribunal functional.

FGG filed a PIL in 2019 seeking the appointments, which was disposed of on April 27 this year after the counsel arguing for the State assured the court that the tribunal would certainly be constituted within a period of four weeks.

Five months have elapsed, but there is no action from the government’s end to make the tribunal functional, the letter pointed out.

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