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The Madras High Court today observed that mere granting of awards to honour persons for their contribution to an industry would not make sense, if no helping hand is extended to their kin. Justice R Mahadevan made the observation on a petition by Punniavathi, wife of late comedian Kumarimuthu, seeking to restrain the authorities from evicting her from the house allotted to her husband, who was a Kalaimamani awardee. The petitioner submitted that the Tamil Nadu government had allotted a house in Nandanam here to Kumarimuthu under discretionary quota in 2001, honoring his contribution as comedian, to the Tamil film industry. However, after he died in 2016, the petitioner claimed that on October 24, 2016 the housing and urban development department authorities had issued a notice to her seeking an explanation as to why the allotment should not be cancelled since the original allottee has died. Challenging the move, she moved the high court which had in March 3, 2017 ...

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