On June 4, 2020, a circular was issued by Principal Secretary and Commissioner of Revenue Administration J. Radhakrishnan IAS to all District Collectors of Tamil Nadu asking them to instruct the Tahsildars to not issue income and asset certificate for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) either through online or manually.
A petition was filed at the Chennai High Court to revoke this circular that gave no reason for stopping the issuance of income and asset certificate. The petition came up for hearing before Justice Subbiah and Krishnan Ramaswamy.
Chennai High Court had ordered the Tamil Nadu government to respond by June 30 as to why the issuance of the certificates has been suspended.
In light of this, the Tamil Nadu government has said that it has now constituted a ministerial committee to look into the matter and decide.
The court has now adjourned the hearing to July 11.