Mohanapriya Supplies v. The District Collector

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 29.07.2019

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE Mr.JUSTICE M.DHANDAPANI W.P. 28671 of 2010 and W.P. 29629 of 2010 & M.P. 1 of 2010 M/s.Mohanapriya Supplies, rep. by its Proprietor Mr.K.Raja, S/o. Kamalakannan, Palleri Village, Ladavaram Post, Arcot Tk., Vellore Dt.

... Petitioner in W.P. 28671 of 2010 S.Ganesh Kumar, Contractor ... Petitioner in W.P. 29269 of 2010 Vs 1.The District Collector, Vellore, Vellore District.

2.The District Collector, Kanchipuram Dt.

3.The District Collector, 4.The Revenue Divisional Officer, 5.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Kanchipuram Dt.

6.The Revenue Divisional Officer,

7.The Assistant Director of Mines, 8.The Assistant Director of Mines, Kanchipuram.

9.The Assistant Director of Mines, ... Respondents in both applicant PRAYER in W.P. 28671 of 2010 : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus, forbearing the respondents from insisting the petitioner and the petitioner's customers either to obtain transport permits or to get mentioning of the final place of destination in the bills issued by the Public Works Department to transport the processed / filtered sand from the stockyard of the petitioner located at S.No.481/3, Pudupadi Village, Arcot Taluk, Vellore District, to the place of the petitioner's purchaser's destination.

PRAYER in W.P. 29269 of 2010 : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus, forbearing the respondents from insisting the petitioner and the petitioner's customers either to obtain transport permits or to get mentioning of the final place of destination in the bills issued by the Public Works Department to transport the processed / filtered sand from the stockyard of the petitioner located at S.No.33/1, Manthangal Village, Wallaja Taluk, Vellore District, to the place of the petitioner's purchaser's destination.

For Petitioner : Mr.V.P.Munusamy in wp 28671/10 Mr.K.Govindaraj in Wp.29269/10 For Respondents : Mr.J.Ramesh, in both wps Addl. Govt. Pleader

O R D E R

These Writ Petitions have been filed seeking a direction to forbear the respondents from insisting the petitioner and the petitioner's customers either to obtain transport permits or to get mentioning of the final place of destination in the bills issued by the Public Works Department to transport the processed/filtered sand from the stockyard of the petitioners'

land.

2. Today, when the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submitted that since the sand quarry was already taken over by the Government, nothing survives for adjudication in these Writ Petitions. Hence, he prayed to dismiss these Writ Petitions.

3. As nothing survives for adjudication in these Writ Petitions and also recording the statement made by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, these Writ Petitions are dismissed. No costs. Consequently, the connected Miscellaneous Petition is closed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar (CS-VIII) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar rpp To 1.The District Collector, Vellore District, Vellore.

2.The District Collector, Kanchipuram Dt.

3.The District Collector, 4.The Revenue Divisional Officer, 5.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Kanchipuram Dt.

6.The Revenue Divisional Officer, 7.The Assistant Director of Mines,

8.The Assistant Director of Mines, Kanchipuram.

9.The Assistant Director of Mines, +1cc to the Government Pleader, S.R.No. 65502 MP(CO) CB(04/09/2019) W.P.s 28671 & 29629 of 2010 and M.P. 1 of 2010