Varadharajan vs The District Collector on 13 November, 2017
27. In the Division Bench decision of this Court dated 01.04.2005 made in W.P.No.1833 of 2005 etc. batch [S.Ramamirtham v. The Sate of Tamil Nadu and Others], the implementation of New Veeranam Extension Project, to extract sub-surface water by tapping the same from Kollidam river bed and taking to Chennai, in order to provide drinking water to the people, which is the primary need of the people, was put to challenge in the form of Public Interest Litigation.