<p>Chennai: Madras High Court on Wednesday said conservancy workers of the Greater Chennai Corporation, whose agitation demanding permanent jobs for the past 13 days has caught attention of the whole state, can protest only in authorised places and cannot block pavements and pathways. </p> <p>The division bench of Chief Justices M M Shrivastava and Justice Sunder Mohan made the observations while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by 47-year-old D Thenmozhi, 47, a wholesale trader of groceries and vegetables who complained that conservancy workers have occupied the pavement and platform, causing serious inconvenience to the public.</p> <p>“We hope and expect that in the name of agitation, the pavements/ pathways/roads shall not be allowed to be blocked. The authorities shall also ensure that if the second respondent applies for a space to peacefully organise protest in accordance with the provisions of law, the same shall be examined,” Justices Shrivastava and Mohan said. </p>.Madras High Court sets aside 2011 phone tapping order of Home Ministry .<p>An order shall be passed so as to ensure that second respondent may be allowed to exercise its right of peaceful protest and agitation and, at the same time, pavements, pathways, and roads, where such protest is not permissible, are not allowed to be occupied, the judges wrote in their order.</p> <p>The counsel representing the PIL petitioner, complained that the protesters under the banner of Uzhaippor Urimai Iyakkam had been occupying the entire stretch of pavement outside the Ripon Building, the headquarters of GCC, for their protest. </p> <p>The conservancy workers have been protesting outside the Ripon Buildings demanding permanent jobs. Their protests have caught the attention of the state with several political leaders visiting them and extending their support. </p> <p>The DMK government has come under attack for not heeding to the demands of the protestors. Another round of talks held between the workers and ministers on Wednesday too ended in a failure. </p>
<p>Chennai: Madras High Court on Wednesday said conservancy workers of the Greater Chennai Corporation, whose agitation demanding permanent jobs for the past 13 days has caught attention of the whole state, can protest only in authorised places and cannot block pavements and pathways. </p> <p>The division bench of Chief Justices M M Shrivastava and Justice Sunder Mohan made the observations while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by 47-year-old D Thenmozhi, 47, a wholesale trader of groceries and vegetables who complained that conservancy workers have occupied the pavement and platform, causing serious inconvenience to the public.</p> <p>“We hope and expect that in the name of agitation, the pavements/ pathways/roads shall not be allowed to be blocked. The authorities shall also ensure that if the second respondent applies for a space to peacefully organise protest in accordance with the provisions of law, the same shall be examined,” Justices Shrivastava and Mohan said. </p>.Madras High Court sets aside 2011 phone tapping order of Home Ministry .<p>An order shall be passed so as to ensure that second respondent may be allowed to exercise its right of peaceful protest and agitation and, at the same time, pavements, pathways, and roads, where such protest is not permissible, are not allowed to be occupied, the judges wrote in their order.</p> <p>The counsel representing the PIL petitioner, complained that the protesters under the banner of Uzhaippor Urimai Iyakkam had been occupying the entire stretch of pavement outside the Ripon Building, the headquarters of GCC, for their protest. </p> <p>The conservancy workers have been protesting outside the Ripon Buildings demanding permanent jobs. Their protests have caught the attention of the state with several political leaders visiting them and extending their support. </p> <p>The DMK government has come under attack for not heeding to the demands of the protestors. Another round of talks held between the workers and ministers on Wednesday too ended in a failure. </p>