Chennai Nov 29 PTI The Madras High Court on Monday directed the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority CMDA and the Committee managing the affairs of the wholesale vegetable and fruits market at Koyambedu here to allot at least one acre to the Thanthai Periyar Tomato Traders Association from November 30 The area should be kept open from 4 am tomorrow This Court feels that at least one acre out of the three acres can be specifically earmarked for the aforesaid purpose wherein all the licensed traders of tomato in the market concerned can be permitted to bring their truck loads of tomatoes only for the purpose of parking and unloading and for re-loading the empty boxes Justice R Suresh Kumar said The bench was passing interim orders on a writ petition from the Association by its president A K Swaminathan seeking to quash an October 14 2020 order of the Chief Administrator Officer of the CMDA Market Managing Committee which closed the site and consequently prayed for a direction to him to permit the association members to use the ground for loading and unloading tomatoes PTI CORR SA BN BN
Chennai Nov 26 PTI The Madras High Court on Friday directed the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority and the Market Management panel in Koyambedu wholesale market to submit their response by November 29 on a plea to restore the tomato unloading ground situated there Justice R Suresh Kumar gave the direction while passing interim orders on a writ petition from the Thanthai Periyar Tomato Traders Association by its president A K Swaminathan The petition sought to quash the October 14 2020 order of the Chief Administrator Officer of the CMDA Market Managing Committee which closed the site and consequently prayed for a direction to him to permit the association members to use the ground for loading and unloading tomatoes PTI SA APR APR