The Madras High Court on Monday dismissed a writ petition filed by Kalakshetra Foundation seeking a direction to the State government to act upon a 2010 recommendation made by the Commissioner of Land Administration to assign to the institution around 1.46 acres of a public pathway that passes across the campus from east to west.
Justice N. Anand Venkatesh also refused to restrain the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) from laying a pucca road on the pathway for the benefit of the general public, particularly the 2,500 families residing in Thiruvanmiyur Kuppam, who could reach the market and bus terminus easily by traversing a short distance of 800 m if the road was laid.
On the other hand, the residents, including schoolchildren, would have to travel nearly 2.5 km if the government was forced to assign the existing public pathway to the foundation and accept the latter’s suggestion to use an alternative route between the Kuppam and the bus stand, the judge said.
