Plea against collection of fee at Old Courtallam water falls dismissed

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court connected Wednesday dismissed a petition that sought a absorption to restrain the authorities from collecting interest from the nationalist for bathing astatine the Old Courtallam falls successful Tenkasi district.

A Division Bench of Justices D. Bharatha Chakravarthy and R. Poornima dismissed the petition filed by S. Subash of Tenkasi territory aft the State submitted that the authorities were collecting lone introduction interest and a G.O. had already been issued successful this regard.

The petitioner said the tourer play astatine Courtallam would statesman successful June 2026. Maintenance works were being carried retired connected a warfare footing astatine the waterfalls. Under specified circumstances, the Forest Department had issued a notification stating that a interest of Rs.20 per idiosyncratic would beryllium collected for bathing astatine the Old Courtallam falls. He sought a absorption to restrain the authorities from collecting interest from the nationalist for bathing astatine the Old Courtallam falls.