The Kerala government on Wednesday moved the state high court against the Airport Authority of India (AAI) handing over the operation and management of Thiruvananthapuram International Airport to the Adani Group, which on Monday won the rights under the competitive bidding route.
The move comes even as the civil aviation ministry is set to hand over the letters of award with regard to five non-metro airports, including the one in Thiruvananthapuram, to Adani Enterprises on Thursday.
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The transfer of the airport, the state government is learnt to have alleged in its plea, is in violation of an agreement it had signed with the Centre. According to the Kerala government, the agreement makes it obligatory on the Centre to treat some Rs 324 crore the former spent in 2015 to acquire land parcels for the development of the airport, as the state’s equity in the venture.
