BANGALORE: The State Government is likely to file a suit under Section 131 of the Civil Procedure Code and special leave petition under Article 136 of the Constitution before the Supreme Court within a week, Minister for Water Resources K.S. Eshwarappa told the Legislative Council on Friday.

The cases would be filed in compliance with the suggestion made by State's counsel F.S. Nariman for the Cauvery issue, he said. Replying to discussion on the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal's final award held for over a month in the House with regular intervals, Mr. Eshwarappa gave a comprehensive account about the measures taken by the Government at various levels since February 5, 2007, the day the tribunal pronounced the award.

Referring to legal measures, Mr. Eshwarappa said that the Government would take steps to move a "clarificatory" petition before the tribunal after filing the special leave petition before the Supreme Court.

Concluding the discussion, Leader of the Opposition H.K. Patil said: "The award is not a judicious technical consideration of an august body. It is only a product of compromise among the warring judges in the tribunal devoid of social justice and human outlook."

Commenting on the overall adverse impact of the award on agriculture, irrigation, drinking water and other human aspects in the State, Mr. Patil said it was impossible to accept the award as it was "unscientific and partisan."

"It has set the people of the State against themselves and create rift among urban and rural people and attempted to disturb peace. It has ignored national water policy. The award has cleverly suggested that urban people, particularly the citizens of Bangalore, can use recycled water for drinking purposes. This is an unjustifiable suggestion as the award has implicitly asked the people of the State to use unhygienic gutter water for drinking purposes. The Government should make a case out of the suggestion and approach the Human Rights Commission," Mr. Patil said.

Taking objections to Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy's reported request to his Tamil Nadu counterpart M. Karunanidhi for resolving the issue through amicable talks,

Mr. Patil said that Mr. Kumaraswamy should have consulted Opposition parties before speaking to Mr. Karunanidhi. On the other hand, it was unfortunate that a person of Mr. Karaunanidhi's stature "belittled" himself in the eyes of the people of Karnataka by the kind of response he extended to Mr. Kumaraswamy, he added.

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