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In between the Adyar River and the OP Hospital, there is a Chocolate Factory and, on 01.12.2015, the overflowing water from the said river inundated the Chocolate Factory and thereafter, it breached the wall of the Hospital and engulfed the building that led to a great loss. Due to heavy rains, power failure was experienced across Chennai City as well as Kancheepuram District. The OP had no control over the rainfall or the release of water in Adyar River. Yet, they had taken necessary steps for the rescue and assisted the patients by shifting them to other hospitals in the City. In fact, on this issue, a PIL (Public Interest Litigation) in W.P. No.40385 of 2015 was filed before the Madras High Court and a Division Bench passed orders therein, rejecting all the imaginary allegations made against the OP on the deaths occurred during the floods and directed the police authorities concerned to file final report after due investigation.

Also the very same subject matter viz., flooding of the Hospital, had already been dealt with by the Madras High Court in W.P. No.40385 of 2015 and the Court, in its orders dated 31.03.2016, had rejected all the imaginary allegations made against the Hospital regarding the deaths occurred during the floods and directed the police authorities concerned to file a final report after due investigation. Subsequent to the same, after conducting investigation, the police had dropped further action and also filed a closure report. Therefore, any allegation of negligence much less administrative negligence would be a pure hypothesis which would in no way advance the case or cause of the complainant.