SC seeks govt reply on Tamil Nadu plea accusing Governor of delaying bills

Calling it a matter of serious concern, the Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Union government on a petition filed by the Tamil Nadu government against delay by governor RN Ravi in processing nearly 12 bills passed by the state legislature, besides withholding several other files relating to sanction and remission.ge..

From the tabulated statement, it appears that as many as 12 bills submitted to the governor under Article 200 have not elicited any further action and other matters regarding proposal for grant of sanction, premature release and appointment of public service commission are pending..

The MK Stalin government had approached the top court on October 31 against the inaction by Ravi in clearing bills and files, contending that the situation had caused a constitutional deadlock..

The petition, filed through advocate Sabarish Subramanian, argued that the inaction or delay by governor is unconstitutional, illegal and malafide exercise of power which has brought the entire administration to a grinding halt and is creating adversarial attitude by not cooperating with the state administration..

Earlier in April, hours before the Supreme Court was scheduled to hear a petition filed by the Telangana government against governor Tamilisai Soundararajan for creating a constitutional impasse by refusing to act on several bills, the governor signed off on three bills..

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