After ordering issue of notice to government pleader STS Moorthy, the First Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice T S Sivagnanam directed him to file a counter-affidavit within four weeks and posted the matter for further hearing to June 18.
A two-and-a-half-year-old boy died after falling into the borewell in Vellore district on April 12 despite rescue efforts.
Petitioner G Sivagami, an advocate, highlighted many such incidents and alleged that authorities had not followed Supreme Court guidelines to prevent mishaps with regard to borewells. He also cited another order passed by Madras High Court in this regard last August.
He also sought an interim order to the authorities to pay a compensation of Rs 1 lakh to the parents of the boy.