Judgement on legality of Foundation Office Working Committee

The RA Working Committee’s Quo Warranto petition against seven members functioning as the Working Committee of the Residents Assembly was dismissed by a judge at the Madras High Court, citing there is no clear framework for selection of the Working Committee. The FO Working Committee later wrote, “This explicitly means that the only legitimate Working Committee, constituted by the Residents’ Assembly, recognized by the Governing Board and upheld by a court of law, is the one composed of (our) members.” However, the judge rejected the Secretary’s allegation of perjury against one of the members of the RA Working Committee.

The RA Working Committee responded to this judgement by asserting that “This order does not legitimise the group recognized by the GB as they have not been selected by the RA as per Section 20 of the AVF Act. We are in consultation with our lawyers about possible next steps to be undertaken to once again have full recognition of the legitimate groups selected by the Residents’ Assembly.”