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By Express News ServiceCHENNAI: The Madras High Court has issued a stern warning to authorities concerned for not initiating action against corporate hospitals that has unauthorised constructions. “The inept attitude and deliberate inaction on the part of regulatory authorities, have to be viewed very seriously,” the bench said in the order. The standing counsel appearing for Central Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) submitted that as and when the committee report is made public, appropriate action would be taken to demolish illegal constructions and also before issuing the completion certificate, the fulfilment of fire safety norms would be looked into. “This court having issued appropriate directions in the matter earlier, those directions are hardly complied with, and as and when this matter is listed, lame excuses are being made in the form of seeking time to get appropriate instructions,” Justice Sathyanarayanan stated. The matter has been posted for March 13..