Sunkara Karthik, v. Union Of India
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 25.09.2024 CORAM :
THE HON'BLE MR.D.KRISHNAKUMAR, ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.JOTHIRAMAN Sunkara Karthik .. Petitioner in both WPs Vs 1.Union of India, rep. by the Secretary to Government, Ministry of Home Affairs, 2.The Secretary to Government, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, 3.The Secretary to Government, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, 4.The Central Electricity Authority, Government of India, Sewa Bhavan, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110 066.
5.The Chief Secretary to Government, Government of Puducherry, Chief Secretariat, Puducherry.
6.The Development Commissioner cum Secretary to Government, Government of Puducherry, Puducherry.
7.The Secretary to Government, Public Works Department, Government of Union Territory of Puducherry, Puducherry.
8.The Secretary to Government, Power Department, Government of Puducherry, Puducherry.
9.Puducherry Power Corporation Limited, rep. by its Managing Director, Puducherry.
10.The Regional Administrator, Yanam.
11.The Director, District Industries Centre, Thattanchavady, Puducherry.
12.M/s.Reliance Industries Limited, Petroleum Business (E&P), Maker Chambers IV, 3rd Floor, 222 Nariman Point, Mumbai-400 021.
13.The Director, Central Bureau of Investigation, .. Respondents in both WPs Prayer in W.P.No.24346 of 2018 : Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the 13th respondent to investigate into the spending of Corporate Social Responsibility funds by the 12th respondent at Yanam pursuant to memorandum with the Government of Puducherry and bringing back the misappropriated amounts to the Government account. Prayer in W.P.No.
24347 of 2018 : Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the 2nd to 12th respondents to allot gas to the PPCL (Puducherry Power Corporation Ltd) and to setup 250 MW Power Plant and to provide Gas Network Connection to Domestic, Industrial and Commercial consumers in the Yanam Region of the Union Territory of Puducherry as undertook in the agreement dated 23.8.2006. For the Petitioner : No appearance For the Respondents : Mr.T.L.Thirumalaisamy CGSC for respondents 2 to 4 : Mr.S.Raveekumar Govt. Pleader (Puducherry) for respondents 5 to 11 : Mr.N.R.Anantha Ramakrishnan for respondent No.
COMMON ORDER (Order of the Court was made by the Hon'ble Acting Chief Justice) The writ petitions are of the year 2018.
2. On 4.9.2024, the writ petitions were called out. On the said date, none appeared for the petitioner. We directed to list the writ petitions after three weeks under the caption "for dismissal".
3. Today also when the writ petitions are called out, none appears for the petitioner.
4. As none appears for the petitioner, the writ petitions are dismissed for non-prosecution. There shall be no order as to costs. (D.K.K., ACJ.) (M.J.R., J.) 25.09.2024 Index :
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To:
1.The Secretary to Government, Union of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, 2.The Secretary to Government, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, 3.The Secretary to Government, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, 4.The Central Electricity Authority, Government of India, Sewa Bhavan, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110 066.
5.The Chief Secretary to Government, Government of Puducherry, Chief Secretariat, Puducherry.
6.The Development Commissioner cum Secretary to Government, Government of Puducherry, Puducherry.
7.The Secretary to Government, Public Works Department, Government of Union Territory of Puducherry, Puducherry.
8.The Secretary to Government, Power Department, Government of Puducherry, Puducherry.
9.The Managing Director, Puducherry Power Corporation Limited, Puducherry.
10.The Regional Administrator, Yanam.
11.The Director, District Industries Centre, Thattanchavady, Puducherry.
12.The Director, Central Bureau of Investigation,
THE HON'BLE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE AND M.JOTHIRAMAN,J.
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