NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu the Union territory of Pondicherry and Karnataka and Kerala are sharply divided on the issues referred by the Indian president for opinion of the apex court of the country the Supreme Court in the Cauvery water dispute.
While Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry in their affidavits filed before the court Monday in response to the apex court notices said that the ordinance issued by the Karnataka government nullifying the order of the tribunal directing the Karnataka government to release 205 TMC of water was unconstitutional without jurisdiction and void the Karnataka and Kerala opposed it.
The Karnataka and Kerala govt’s have also opposed the contentions of the govt’s of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry that the interim order of the Cauvery water dispute tribunal was a report under section 5 (2) of the inter-state water dispute act and the central govt should notify it in official gauze. The president had also sought opinion of the court whether the order of the tribunal constitutes the report and or decision within the meaning of section 5(2) of the inter-state water dispute act.
The opinion of the court was also sought by the president whether the order of the tribunal was required to be published by the central govt in order to make it effective
The president had also sought the apex court opinion whether a water disputes tribunal constituted under the act was competent to grant any interim relief to the Parties to the dispute.
Four applications seeking intervention in the case were also filed by H.C.Srikanitiah of Karnataka registered societies of agriculturists of Tamilnadu Karnataka Pradesh Krashak Samaj and Kamataka Rajya Krashak Sangh
The advocate general of the Karnataka govt also filed an intervention application.
Article extracted from this publication >> August 23, 1991
