Updated 2300 GMT
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has ordered Chief Minister CV Wigneswaran and other Tamil politicians to appear before it with regards to the resolution calling for a federal solution in a merged North-East passed by the NPC last week.
The chief minister, NPC Chairman CVK Sivagnanam, Chief Secretary A. Paththinathan, and President of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) and MP Maavai Senathiraja were asked to submit explanations.
Officials must appear before the court after the 12th of May, according to Mr Sivagnanam.
TNA MP M A Sumanthiran tweeted that the court had not issued a summons or notice as earlier reported, but that it was a "voluntary act of noticing before supporting in court for Leave to Proceed".
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Advocate Aruna Laksiri had filed a petition against the proposal by the NPC in the court last Tuesday, which said that the proposal made by the Northern Provincial Council seeking a individual government within the country in contradiction to the article 152 part IV of the Constitution.
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