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2022 Supreme(Mad) 3696

R. MAHADEVAN, J. SATHYA NARAYANA PRASAD
K. R. Raja – Appellant
Versus
State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by the Additional Chief Secretary to Government – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. R. Alagumani.
For the Respondents: Mr. P. Thilak Kumar.

ORDER :

(R. Mahadevan, J.)

(Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Mandamus, to direct the respondents to take necessary steps to ensure the easy accessibility of all the tourism places in the State of Tamil Nadu for the person with disability in accordance with Chapter V, Section 29 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 especially Tirunelveli - Coutrallam Water Falls to participate in the recreational activities in accordance with law within the time stipulated by this Court.)

1. The petitioner has preferred this writ petition in the nature of public interest litigation seeking a direction to the respondents to take necessary steps to ensure the easy accessibility of all the tourist places, especially Coutrallam Water Falls in Tirunelveli, State of Tamil Nadu, for the persons with disability, in accordance with Section 29 under Chapter V of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, (in short, "the RPwD Act, 2016") within a time frame to be stipulated by this Court.

2. According to the petitioner, he is a physically challenged person and his lower limbs were afflicted due to inappropriate intramuscular injecti

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