It said Amlo's move was unlawful, and submitted the petition to the Central Administrative Court seeking the scrapping of such an order. It was Mr Suwat, who was serving in the cabinet of Chuan Leekpai at the time, who first proposed the wastewater treatment project for approval. The Supreme Administrative Court ordered the Central Administrative Court to accept the consortium's petition for consideration as well as its request for an injunction before the hearing proceeds. In January this year, the Pollution Control Department (PCD) filed a petition with the Central Administrative Court, asking it to reconsider the case. They are still fighting a court order to pay the contractors 9 billion baht in compensation for unfair termination of the contract when the work was 98% complete.

Source: Bangkok Post March 11, 2017 01:37 UTC