The Madras High Court disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed seeking direction to the respondents to implement and ensure the implementation of Code of Prevention and Detection of Fraudulent Acts in Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited – 2014 in respect of issuing purchase bills, rendering periodical accounts to the government, maintaining hygienic condition and collection of license fee from bars, prevention of charging of excess rates in the TASMAC which is leading to loss of exchequer to the government .
The Petitioner alleged that the purchase bills are not properly maintained; the periodical accounts are not submitted; and hygienic conditions are not maintained in the TASMAC shops and bars.
A status report is filed by the second respondent (Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited) . It gives the details of the number of TASMAC shops and bars. The details are also given of the number of shops in the Corporation areas, Municipality areas and the Town Panchayat areas. It is stated that tenders are floated so as to ensure increase of another 200 number of bars, so that there are adequate number of bars. Steps are also being taken to eradicate illegal bars.
The counsel for the second respondent further submits that action is being taken against the erring shop and/or bar license holders. The licences are also regulated.
“The second respondent shall supervise and ensure that the Code is properly implemented”, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy directed while disposing the PIL.