Thursday, April 10, 2008

Petition filed against Imax


By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad,April 8 :A writ petition was filed in the AP High Court seeking a direction that the Central Bureau of Investigation conduct a probe into the grant of permission to construct the Imax Multiplex on the Necklace Road in the city. Mr K. Rajavardhan Reddy, a resident of Beeramguda, informed the court that the government was dilly-dallying over the implementation of the House Committee report submitted in 2006. Till date no action has been taken on the report.
He told the court that the government granted licence on March 12, 2008 toconstructthe 5th Theatre in I-Max Multiplex.He submit that the action of the government was contrary to the earlierrejection orderof the Home department. He said the House Committee had recommended that"it isquite necessary, just and reasonable in the public interest that athorough probe byprofessional, independent investigating agency like the CBI should beordered to findout the facts and whether the public exchequer suffered".The Committee also recommended that the building may be used for creatinga StateMuseum for science and environment by cancelling the I-Max Theatre Projectunderdue process of law, in the larger public interest.

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