Satish K. Agnihotri, J. & K.K. Sasidharan, J.

Introductory:

1. The Governor of Tamil Nadu announced the policy decision taken by the Government of Tamil Nadu to erect a statue in memory of the versatile Actor late Padmabushan Sivaji Ganesan, opposite to the office of the Director General of Police at Kamarajar Salai, in his address in the Legislative Assembly on 24 May 2006. However, while erecting the statue the concerned authorities have ignored the place indicated in the address given by the Governor and erected it on the middle portion of an arterial road (in fact not near D.G.P. Office but opposite to Queen Mary's College) giving rise to a dispute and dragging the name of an artist of repute to the midst of a litigation.

A Brief Backdrop:-

2. This pro bono publico petition was originally filed for a direction, forbearing the Government of Tamil Nadu from in any way permitting or installing the statue of late Sivaji Ganesan, in the three road junction of Kamarajar Salai Radhakrishnan Salai, opposite to Gandhi Statue on the National Highways and a consequential direction to the authorities to provide an alternative place to install the statue.

3. The statue was installed