R.Venkataraman v. Additional Secretary

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 14.02.2019 CORAM :

THE HON'BLE MRS.V.K.TAHILRAMANI, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.DURAISWAMY W.P. NO.3858 OF 2019 R.Venkataraman .. Petitioner -vs1. The Additional Secretary (Technical), Housing and Urban Development Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2. The Member Secretary, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, "Thalamuthu Natarajan Building", No.1, Gandhi Irwin Road, Egmore, Chennai - 600 008.

3. The Commissioner, Greater Chennai Corporation, Ripon Building, Chennai - 600 003.

4. The Zonal Officer (Zone - VIII), Door No.36B, 2nd Cross Street, Pulla Avenue, Shenoy Nagar, Chennai - 600 030.

5. Manju Agarwal

6. Usha Agarwal .. Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issue of Writ of Mandamus directing the first respondent to dispose of the appeal dated 31.07.2018 preferred by the petitioner under Section 79 of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1971, within a time frame as may be fixed by this Hon'ble Court.

For Petitioner : Mr.K.R.Arun Shabari For Respondents : Mr.V.Jayaprakash Narayan Government Pleader (i/c) for respondent No.1 Mr.S.Thiruvengadam for respondent No.2 Mr.V.C.Selvasekaran for respondent Nos.3 and 4

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by The Hon'ble Chief Justice) The case of the petitioner is that he had preferred appeal under Section 79 of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1971 to respondent No.1 on 31.07.2018.

2. The prayer of the petitioner is that the said appeal be disposed of within a time frame fixed by this Court.

3. In view of the limited prayer made by the petitioner, without going into the merits of the case, we direct the first respondent to dispose of the said appeal within a period of twelve weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, after giving notice to all concerned.

4. With the above observation, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CCC) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar bbr To

1. The Additional Secretary (Technical), Housing and Urban Development Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2. The Member Secretary, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, "Thalamuthu Natarajan Building", No.1, Gandhi Irwin Road, Egmore, Chennai - 600 008.

3. The Commissioner, Greater Chennai Corporation, Ripon Building, Chennai - 600 003.

4. The Zonal Officer (Zone - VIII), Door No.36B, 2nd Cross Street, Pulla Avenue, Shenoy Nagar, Chennai - 600 030.

+1cc to Mr.S.Thiruvengadam, Advocate, S.R.No.13789 +1cc to the Government Pleader, S.R.No.14069 +2cc to Mr.P.Munusami, Advocate, S.R.No.13350 (02.04.2019) W.P.No.3858 of 2019 MG(CO) CS/07/03/2019