Upload all Covid-19 related circulars, GOs, HC tells TN

Upload all Covid-19 related circulars, GOs, HC tells TN

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:22.05.2021

All government orders, circulars and notifications issued in connection with Covid-19 should be uploaded in the state’s official website and in the ‘stopcorona’ website, Madras high court has said.

The first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy passed an order to this effect on Friday, while closing a public interest writ petition on the issue.

According to the petitioner, all government orders have to be uploaded in the official website whether it is important or not. Since none of the state government departments has ensured uploading of such orders in their respective websites, including orders pertaining to Covid-19, he made a representation to the state on April 24.

As the officials failed to respond to the representation, the petitioner, Ramkumar Adityan, moved the high court. He wanted the court to direct the state to instruct all its departments to upload all the GOs in their official websites.

Responding to the plea, Tamil Nadu advocate-general R Shunmugasundaram submitted that the state has been uploading all such GOs promptly in the official website.

Recently, after a few of the staff in the department tested positive there was a delay and also the government was working only with 40% of staff, however, it was all addressed, and the site was updated till May 18, he added.

Recording the submissions, the bench said all future notifications and government orders should be published in chronological order on the websites and made available with the click of a button.

According to the petitioner, all government orders have to be uploaded in the official website whether it is important or not