Plea to conduct detailed inquiry, remove unauthorised flagpoles, flex boards

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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court connected Monday ordered announcement to the State connected a nationalist involvement litigation petition that sought a absorption to authorities to behaviour a elaborate enquiry with respect to unauthorised flagpoles and flex boards crossed the confederate districts, and region them arsenic per rules.

A Division Bench of Justices G. Jayachandran and K.K. Ramakrishnan was proceeding the petition filed by P. Radhakrishnan of Ilayangudi successful Sivaganga district, who complained that functionaries of governmental parties and communal outfits were erecting unauthorised flex boards, banners, and boards connected nationalist thoroughfares and footpaths.

These structures were illegally placed connected authorities poramboke lands, State highways, colony roads and nationalist utilities specified arsenic overhead tanks, electrical poles, and bridges. Such displays caused immense hardship to postulation and nationalist question and often led to communal clashes and instrumentality and bid breakdowns, helium said.

To modulate specified installations the authorities had framed the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Rules, 2011, and the Tamil Nadu Open Places Regulation of Pasting Posters and Fixing of Thatty Boards Rules, 1995, which required nary objection certificates and anterior permissions from the authorities, helium said.

Despite the rules, governmental parties and communal organisations regularly installed arches and imperishable structures connected nationalist roadworthy margins and footpaths without ineligible permission, helium said.

He sought a absorption to the authorities to behaviour a elaborate enquiry with respect to unauthorised flagpoles, flex boards, imperishable fixtures and inscriptions, depicting communal and governmental leaders oregon messages connected nationalist thoroughfares, footpaths, roadworthy margins, and nationalist oregon backstage places crossed the confederate districts and region them arsenic per rules.

Published - February 09, 2026 08:28 p.m. IST

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