Petitions seeking government medical college on gifted land dismissed
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday dismissed a set of public interest litigation petitions filed for establishing a medical college in Karur, observing that gift of the land for the college was made to boost land value and for commercial exploitation beneficial only to the donors.
A division bench of Justices K. K. Sasidharan and J. Nisha Banu said that the government’s decision to move the Karur Medical College and Hospital at Sanappirratti village was not malafide.
The bench observed that it was satisfied with the materials produced by the State for moving the college and hospital to a suitable site owned by the Karur Municipality.
It directed the State to establish the government medical college and hospital at Sanappiratti on the land allotted by the Karur Municipality. The Bench also directed that the land donated for the hospital by the petitioners be conveyed to the donors. The petitioners had filed separate writ petitions seeking the construction of the government medical college and hospital at Kuppuchipalayam on the land donated by them.
It was observed that real estate developers purchased a large portion of land and gifted a small potion of it to the Director of Medical Education with a view to adding value to the adjacent portions belonging to them.
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