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L.Kannan v. The Railway Secretary

2020-07-10Honourable The Chief Justice,Honourable Mr Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy3 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 10.07.2020 CORAM :

The Hon'ble Mr.A.P.SAHI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND The Hon'ble Mr.JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY W.P.No.8822 of 2020 and W.M.P.No.10712 of 2020 L.Kannan .. Petitioner -vs1.The Railway Secretary, Rail Bhavan, No.1, Raisina Road, New Delhi.

2.The General Manager, Southern Railway, NGO Annexe, George Town, Chennai 600 003.

3.The District Collector, Collectorate, Villupuram District, Villupuram.

.. Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issue of Writ of Mandamus to direct the respondents to construct over bridge instead of proposed underpass at LC106A E2 level crossing which is situated at 139 Kilometer from Chennai in survey No.29, 260 and 306 in Nedimozhiyanur Panchayat, Villupuram District based on the petitioner's representation dated 03.06.2020.

For Petitioner : Mr.K.Sathiyaraj For Respondents : Mr.P.T.Ramkumar Stdg. Counsel for RR 1 & 2 : Mr.V.Jayaprakash Narayanan State Govt. Pleader for R-3

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by The Hon'ble Chief Justice) Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the respondent Railways and the learned State Government Pleader for the State.

2.The petitioner contends that a representation has been filed praying for construction of an underpass and averments regarding the same have been made.

3.We are not inclined to entertain this petition for deciding the claim on merits. But, since a request has been made contending that it is in larger public interest, we dispose of this petition with liberty to the second respondent to pass an appropriate order and intimate it to the petitioner on the representation so said to have been filed by the petitioner within a period of six weeks from the date of presentation of certified copy of the order. No costs. Consequently, W.M.P.No.10712 of 2020 is closed.

-s/d- Assistant Registrar True copy Sub-Assistant Registrar sra

To 1.The Railway Secretary, Rail Bhavan, No.1, Raisina Road, New Delhi.

2.The General Manager, Southern Railway, NGO Annexe, George Town, Chennai 600 003.

3.The District Collector, Collectorate, Villupuram District, Villupuram.

W.P.No.8822 of 2020 br(co) aa04/08/2020