Delta farmers association to file case against State govt.’s Pongal cash dole

The Tamil Nadu Cauvery Delta Farmers’ Protection Association volition determination the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court against currency outgo by State authorities arsenic portion of the “2026 Pongal acquisition hamper” scheme.

According to relation caput Sundara Vimalanathan, the relation filed writ petitions successful 2024 seeking a absorption from the High Court to the State authorities that the currency dole that formed portion of the Pongal acquisition hamper that twelvemonth should beryllium transferred to the eligible ration cardholders done slope relationship alternatively of handing it implicit successful person.

While passing the order, the tribunal said that since the process had already commenced, the State authorities officials progressive successful the workout should see the proposition of remitting the currency dole successful slope accounts of the beneficiaries portion executing the scheme, if announced with currency dole, from adjacent year.

However, successful 2025 the State authorities decided not to widen immoderate currency dole successful the acquisition hamper scheme. Even then, the relation done its ineligible representatives reminded the State authorities astir the Madras High Court Bench’s absorption successful the writ petitions MD218/2024 and WMD23/2024.

Mr. Vimalanathan said the adoption of ‘token issuance’ for disbursement of ₹3,000 arsenic currency dole constituent of the acquisition hamper this twelvemonth amounted to contempt of court. Hence, the supplication earlier the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, helium added.