TVK flag post: Madras HC directs Greater Chennai Corporation to consider permission plea
The HinduThe Madras High Court on Monday directed Greater Chennai Corporation officials to consider a plea for granting permission to erect a flag post of actor-turned-politician C. Joseph Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam at Tiruveethi Amman Kovil Street in Aminjikarai. In his affidavit, the petitioner claimed to be a resident of Tiruveethi Amman Kovil Street where many political parties had already erected their flag posts on a corner piece of land abutting the public road without causing any disturbance to free movement of vehicular traffic. However, when he intended to install his party’s flag post at the street corner, the Assistant Engineer of Zone-8 raised an objection and insisted that the flag post could not be installed without permission from the higher officials of the local body, the petitioner complained. Mr. Kumar claimed the location identified by him for erecting the TVK’s flag post did not fall under any of the prohibited places listed under the Tamil Nadu Open Place Act of 1959 and therefore, there could not any impediment in granting permission.
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