Stay out, aviation ministry tells HC

Nagpur: In an affidavit filed before the high court, the civil aviation ministry on Wednesday said the high court had no jurisdiction on the matter regarding the city airport’s transfer to the joint venture that is to execute the international cargo hub project. It is purely a policy matter and the court can’t interfere in such matters, it said. The court has fixed September 18 for final hearing in the writ petition.
The writ petition filed by Vidarbha Economic Development Council and Vidarbha Jan Kalyan Vilas Samiti had sought to question the ministry’s delay in handing over the airport after agreeing to do so in a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the Airport of Authority of India and the Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) in New Delhi last December.
After noting the affidavit’s contents, a visibly upset Justice Joshi remarked: "If this is your approach, we don’t like it. We can understand your view but can’t appreciate the spirit behind it."
He also pointed out that it was a public project .
30/08/07 Times of India

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Categories: Airports Aug 2007