A.Soundararajan vs The Secretary To The Government on 19 February, 2018
18. This Court, while hearing a matter relating to Public Interest
Litigation in the case of V.B.R.Menon vs. State [W.P.No.2984 of 2017] on
04.03.2019, had suggested to introduce Unmanned Aerial survey by using
the Drone Technology as and when required to monitor illegal mining
activities, check for activity at night and to track illegal truck movements.
Though the Learned Additional Advocate General, who appeared in the
above case had stated that Mining Tenement System (MTS) in the place of
Drone Technology has been introduced, the Petitioner therein proved that
the said system did not bring the expected result and therefore, this Court,
by way of an interim order dated 04.03.2019, had passed the following
order: