The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear Tamil Nadu’s (TN) plea for setting up the Cauvery Management Board and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee to implement the order on distribution of water between the basin states on April 22.
A three-judge bench presided over by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir directed the interlocutory application to be listed for hearing.
The plea sought direction to constitute both as ordered by the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal in its final decision on February 5, 2007.
Appearing for TN, senior advocate C S Vaidyanathan mentioned the matter and sought urgent hearing of the application.
The application contended that the Centre had failed to act even after the notification of the tribunal’s decision on February 19 and two letters having been sent by Chief Minister J Jayalalitha thereafter.
No response
“Till date there is no response to the two communications sent by the chief minister of the applicant state to the prime minister and the communication sent by the Secretary, Public Works Department, Chennai to the Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, New Delhi,” it said.
The application pointed out that the board was to be put in place before the commencement of the new irrigation year from June, 2013.
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