D.MURUGESAN, J.

1. Both the writ petitions question the G.O.Ms.No.530, Public (Buildings) Department dated 22.6.2011 appointing a Commission of Inquiry to inquire into the causes and circumstances leading to certain alleged irregularities in the construction of the New Secretariat Complex in Omandurar Government Estate, Chennai. The Notification directed to be published in the said Government Order reads as under:-

“WHEREAS, it has been brought to the notice of the Government that there has been certain alleged irregularities like excess expenditure, irregularities causing loss to the exchequer, whether all statutory approvals

AND WHEREAS, the Government of Tamil Nadu is of the opinion that it is necessary to appoint a Commission of Inquiry for the purpose of making an inquiry into a definite matter of public importance hereinafter specified;

NOW THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 (Central Act LX of 1952), the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby appoints a Commission of Inquiry consisting of a single member, namely, Honble Justice Thiru S.Thangaraj, Retired Judge of Madras High Court.

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