ORDER :

Order of the Court was made by B.PUGALENDHI, J.

Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of certiorarified mandamus, calling for the records in impugned order in ROC.No.27380/2016/CM Cell, dated 27.10.2016 passed by the 15th respondent herein and quash the same and consequently, direct the respondent Nos.1 to 18 to take necessary action against the offenders to curb the irregularities committed in providing free toilets in public gathering areas, temples, roads, highways, railway stations, bus stands, commercial complexes hospitals and entire state and central government premises on par with free toilet facilities provided in the airports of this Country.

“Has it ever pained us that our mothers and sisters have to defecate in open? The poor womenfolk of the village wait for the night; until darkness descends, they can’t go out to defecate. What bodily torture they must be feeling, how many diseases that act might engender. Can’t we just make arrangements for toilets for the dignity of our mothers and sisters?”

-Narendra Modi -

The Honourable Prime Minister of India, Mr.Narendra Modi in his first speech from the Red Fort on Augus