Allowing a petition by Tamilaruvi Manian, Justice K Chandru said a "reason was invented only for the purpose of evicting the petitioner, who has become an eyesore to government".
The justice noted that atop the board's headquarters stands a huge neon sign with the slogan 'Tamizh Vaazhga' (long live Tamil).
"If that has to be translated into reality, government should honour Tamil writers, scholars, thinkers in spite of their ideological predilections and not deprive them of their only abode on untenable grounds," the court said.
"Only then slogans displayed on neon lights can glitter more and hopes exhibited can translate into concrete reality."
According to the petitioner, he was allotted an apartment under a housing board scheme in Chennai in January 2007. He said only
from a show-cause notice of April 6, 2009, issued to him by the
board did he learn that the allotment was for 11 months' lease only.
Manian alleged that he was singled out for eviction only because of his views expressed in writings on current political affairs through his articles published in various Tamil publications.
Provoked by the articles, the housing board chairman, "in order to oblige his political master, had issued a show-cause notice", he alleged.
He claimed that several others, who were occupying quarters under the public quota system, continued to reside for several years without any further renewal of lease.
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