The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Madurai News : Readers' Mail

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Wednesday, Sep 29, 2004

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu - Madurai

Readers' Mail

Speedy justice

Sir, __ At a conference of Chief Justice and Chief Ministers held in New Delhi on September 18, the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, expressed concern over the backlog of 20 million cases in the subordinate judiciary, and promised government support for reducing the delay in clearing cases by courts.

One way for the courts to come to the rescue of litigants is to fix time limit for judgment to be given and also for implementation. Now, in many cases, even after the judgment is delivered, the litigants have to wait endlessly, because no time limit is fixed for its execution. Sometimes, they have to approach the court again, spending a lot of money.

But, some judges deliver time-bound judgements, which help litigants get justice within a specified period of time. For example, 10,000 road workers dismissed by the State Government were ordered to be reinstated by the Madras High Court on September 9, within three months.

Every court should have an implementation wing to monitor whether the judgments are properly implemented in time.

D.Samuel Lawrence,

Madurai.

Pension arrears

Sir, — The Tamil Nadu Government, in July this year, released 20 per cent arrears to those who retired in the period of January 1, 1996 to March 31, 1998. Many of the departments implemented the order, and pensioners received commutation and gratuity arrears. But the TWAD Board pensioners have been left out. Will the Government help them out?

A.R.Moorthy,

Madurai.

One more exit needed

Sir, — All buses of the Tamil Nadu State Express Transport Corporation (TNSETC) have one exit.

In times of emergency, people may find it difficult to get out of the bus. Hence, I request the TNSETC to provide one more exit in the rear of all buses.

M.S. Raghavan,

Madurai.

Taxi drivers' menace

Sir, — Recently, my husband and I returned to Madurai by air from Mumbai at around 1.00 p.m.

As taxi drivers at the airport demanded Rs. 500 to drop us at Vilangudi, we decided to hire one of the autorickshaws that came to drop passengers at the airport. However, the taxi drivers scared away the autorickshaws.

Hence, we walked a long distance, in the scorching heat, to the main road and engaged an autorickshaw to reach home.

I request the authorities concerned to evict the taxis from the airport.

K. Bala,

Madurai.

It's not responsive

Sir, — The functioning of the information centre at the Nagercoil railway station needs improvement. On September 17, I was waiting for the Nagercoil - Coimbatore passenger train. When I inquired with the personnel manning the centre about the time of arrival of the train, they gave me two different times. All the passengers, particularly senior citizens, were forced to stand on the iron bridge along with their luggage till the train arrived. As the train has only a 10-minute halt, passengers were found running to secure a seat. Will the personnel discharge their duties well?

T. Raj Pravin,

Madurai.

Music concerts

Sir, — Satguru Sangeetha Samajam and Ragapriya Chamber Music Club arranged for Carnatic music concerts at Lakshmi Sundaram Hall and Fortune Pandiyan Hotel on September 19. Since the two events were held on the same day and at the same time, listeners had a difficult choice to make. To avoid this situation, the two organizations could plan to schedule their programs on different dates.

V. Krishnanmoorthy,

Madurai.

Make it cheap

Sir, — P.H.C.M. Gandhi, secretary, Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board Workers Federation, has given a good suggestion on utilising water. ( The Hindu , September 22).

The multinational companies selling drinking water at Rs. 12 a litre. An average urban household spends more than Rs. 500 on buying this water. If the packaged water is supplied at Rs. 5 a 25-litre can, it will be a boon to the middle class families. The Federation could enter into a tie-up with the Government for supplying purified water under a brand name. The income thus earned should be used for the welfare of employees. The Government can also earn good royalty.

V.S.Sankaran,

Madurai.

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