Tamil Nadu Government on Wednesday told the Madras High Court that it would consult the Centre before taking any decision on premature release of Nalini, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
     
The state's position was stated before a Division Bench by Tamil Nadu Advocate General P S Raman, who also informed it that the government was yet to receive the report of the Advisory Board formed to consider Nalini's plea for premature release.
     
The matter came up when the Bench, comprising Justices Elipe Dharma Rao and M Paul Vasanthakumar, was hearing an appeal filed by Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy challenging a single judge's order directing reconstitution of the Board to consider Nalini's plea.
     
The case was adjourned to February 19.
     
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi had said recently that the state could not take any unilateral decision on the plea by Nalini, saying it was a major issue that had to be discussed at the "national level (the Centre)."