State moves SC against HC ruling on Red Hills catchment area classification

AROUND eight months after the Madras High Court declared as unconstitutional the classification of 13,720 hectares of land spread over 27 villages on the outskirts of Chennai as catchment area of Red Hills reservoir, the state government has approached the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the order.

- C SHIVAKUMAR

In May 2024, justices SS Sundar and N Senthilkumar, while hearing two petitions filed by private companies seeking to quash the lock, seal and demolition notices issued against their properties by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA), termed that classifying the land as catchment area as per the Second Master Plan was unconstitutional on the grounds of lack of a sc