JUDGMENT :

B. Pugalendhi, J.

(Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to modify the order dated 15.12.2020 made in WP(MD)No.5149 of 2019, enabling the petitioners to demolish the old building and to construct/renovate the new building, by lifting the prohibition order imposed on them for demolition and construction and to permit the activities to improve the infrastructure of the Government Siddha Medical College at Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli.)

1. This modification petition is filed by the petitioners/Government for modifying the order passed by this Court in WP(MD)No.5149 of 2019, dated 15.12.2020, in and by which, the petitioners have been prohibited from demolishing the existing buildings and other places of common amenities and constructing any new building at the Government Siddha Medical College, Palayamkottai, till such time, they establish a University for Indian Medicine at Chettikulam, Tirunelveli or any other place.

Background of the case:-

2. The Government Siddha Medical College at Palayamkottai is the first of its kind in Siddha medicine in India. The College was originally functioning at Courtallam and it was shifted to Palayamkottai in Novem