PTI, NEW DELHI: The Centre and Tamil Nadu today moved the Supreme Court on the issue of constitution and composition of the Cauvery Management Board in compliance with the February 16 apex court verdict on the decades-old river water-sharing dispute.
The Centre sought three-months time to implement the apex court order due to the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections.
Besides extension of time, the Centre asked for clarification on various issues for formulation of a “scheme” for implementing the decision of the top court.
Tamil Nadu, on the other hand, sought contempt action against the Centre for “failure” to frame the scheme for constitution of the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee within six weeks as directed by the apex court on February 16.
The Centre, in its petition, said that since there were divergent views between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka on the constitution of the CMB, the apex court should clarify whether “it is open to the central government to frame the scheme under 6A at variance with the recommendations contained in the report of the CWDT (Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal) regarding the Cauvery Management Board”.
