Madras High CourtWP/2518/2023disposed of

Sivaguru.Neelamegam v. The State Of Tamil Nadu

2024-08-29Honourable The Acting Chief Justice,Honourable Mr Justice P.B. Balaji6 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 29.08.2024 CORAM :

THE HON'BLE MR.D.KRISHNAKUMAR, ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE P.B.BALAJI

1. Sivaguru.Neelamegam

2. N.Sabapathy

3. R.Sathish

4. S.Chidambaram

5. R.Thiyagarajan

6. S.Veerathangam

7. V.Swaminathan

8. C.Srinivasan

9. C.Balakrishnan 10.R.Panneer Selvam .. Petitioners Vs

1. The State of Tamil Nadu Rep by its Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.

2. The District Collector Nagapattinam, Nagapattinam District.

3. The Deputy Director of Agriculture Office of the Joint Director of Agriculture, Nagapattinam, Nagapattinam District.

4. The Tahsildar Vedaranyam, Vedaranyam Taluk, Nagapattinam District.

5. The Managing Director Chief Executive Officer, IFFCO Tokio General Insurance Co. Limited, IFFCO Tower, Plot No.3, Sector 29, Gurgaon-122001, Haryana.

6. The Senior Manager IFFCO Tokio General Insurance, IFFCO Bhavan, 2nd Floor 128, Habibahab Road, T.Nagar, Chennai-600 017.

7. The Regional Manager Agricultural Insurance Company India Limited, Old No.158 New No.323 1st floor, Andhra Insurance Building, Thambu chetty Street, Chennai-600 001.

.. Respondents Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to release the Agricultural Insurance amount to the Petitioners in the year of 2020-2021 based on the representation of the petitioner dated 16.05.2022 within a stipulated time.

For the Petitioners : Mr.R.Muruga Bharathi For the Respondents : Mr.A.Edwin Prabakar State Government Pleader for respondents 1 to 4 : Mr.M.B.Raghavan for respondents 5 and 6

: Mr.P.S.Kothandaraman for 7th respondent

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by the Hon'ble Acting Chief Justice) This writ petition has been filed by the petitioners for issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to release the agricultural insurance amount to the petitioners pertaining to the year 2020-2021 based on the representation of the petitioners dated 16.5.2022.

2. Considering the narrow scope of the prayer made in the writ petition, without going into the merits of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the second respondent/District Collector, Nagapattinam, to consider the representation of the petitioners dated 16.5.2022 and pass appropriate orders on merits and in accordance with law, after affording an opportunity of hearing to the petitioners. The entire exercise shall be completed by the second respondent within a period of twelve weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this

order. There shall be no order as to costs. W.M.P.No.2616 of 2023 filed to permit the petitioners to file a single writ petition is ordered.

3. We further grant liberty to the petitioner to submit a copy of the representation along with a copy of this order to the competent authority forthwith.

(D.K.K., ACJ.) (P.B.B, J.) 29.08.2024 Index :

Yes/No NC :

Yes/No bbr

To:

1. The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.