Legal Aid Clinic in TN

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Dear Dr. Raman,

Greetings from TANSACS.

It

is really encouraging to know that people are aware about the Legal AID Clinic

supported by TANSACS.

TANSACS is supporting five Legal Aid Clinics in Namakkal, Dindigul, Madurai, Tirunelveli and

Cuddalore districts. These LACs are situated in the Government hospitals. The

District Collector selected one positive network in their respective district

to run the LAC. The LACs is supported with one Social Worker and two Out Reach

Workers as staff. One advocate is deputed by the District Legal Services

Authority. The Advocate visits the LAC thrice in a week for two hours on each

of those days of visit. The Social Worker will coordinate work with various

departments to settle the non legal cases. The Out Reach Workers will do the

field work/ activities to render the service to PLHAs. Once the case is filed, the follow-up action

will be taken by the advocate and Social Worker together.

Achievements of Petitions received and settled

(Apr2008 - Jan 2009)

Legal

Cases

Non Legal

Cases

Districts

No. of Petitions received

No. of cases Settled

No. of cases Pending

No. of Petitions received

No. of cases Settled

No. of cases Pending

Namakkal

108

38

70

370

26

344

Dindigul

18

12

6

376

203

173

Madurai

45

15

30

157

35

122

Tirunelveli

50

28

22

104

44

60

Cuddalore

27

8

19

83

31

52

TOTAL

248

101

147

1090

339

751

TANSACS

is planning to establish ten more LACs in Tamil Nadu.

Kindly

contact the correct person to get appropriate information. Mr. V. Palani,

Consultant (Civil Society & Mainstreaming) who is the nodal person for the

project at TANSACS could help in addressing your further queries in connection

to LAC.

Joevalan Niranjan Team Leader- Mainstreaming,TSU - TN, TANSAC Campus, 417 Pantheon Road,

Opposite to Hotel Ashoka,

Egmore, Chennai 600 008Mobile: +91 9444060597 The new Windows Live Messenger. You don’t want to miss this.