Madras HC dismisses plea against TN govt's new Secretariat complex

Chennai, Oct 5 (UNI) The Madras High Court on Monday dismissed as withdrawn, a Public Interest Iitigation (PIL) seeking a direction to the Tamil Nadu government to abandon its proposed plan to construct a new Legislative Assembly-cum-Secretariat complex at Pattinapakkam in Chennai city. The petition was filed by a Chennai-based advocate R.S.Tamilvendhan, challenging the proposed construction of the Secretariat complex on 25.5 acres of land belonging to the Tamil Nadu Housing Board at Pattinapakkam. When the PIL came up for hearing, the First Bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G.Arul Murugan observed that PIL had been filed…