Rangarajan Narasimhan, v. The State Of Tamil Nadu,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

Dated: 27.11.2015 Coram:

The Honourable Mr.SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, CHIEF JUSTICE and The Honourable Mrs.Justice PUSHPA SATHYANARAYANA Writ Petition No.37620 of 2015 ------- Rangarajan Narasimhan .. Petitioner

Versus

1.The Secretary, Department of Tamil Development Culture, Religious and Endowments and Information Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Commissioner, HR & CE Department, Uthamar Gandhi Salai, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 039.

3.The Assistant Commissioner, HR & CE, Namakkal.

4.The Director - Monuments The Archaeological Survey of India Janpath, New Delhi.

5.The Superintending Archaeologist The Archaeological Survey of India Chennai Circle, Fort St.George, Chennai.

6. K.T.Narasimhan ... Respondents Petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issue of a writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents 1 and 3 to reconstruct a new temple for Arulmigu Marudhakali Amman Temple at Periyur, Thummankurichi Village, Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu demolished by the respondents 2 and 3 based on the advice of the 6th respondent with the same plain as it stood there for over a custody.

For Petitioner ::: Mr.Rangarajan Narasimhan Party-in-person For Respondents ::: Mr.P.H.Arvind Pandian Additional Advocate General assisted by Mr.V.R.Kamalanathan AGP for R.1 to R.3 Mr.Su.Srinivasan for R.4 and R.5

O R D E R

(The Order of the Court was made by The Hon'ble The Chief Justice) This writ petition has been filed only for the restoration of the temple which has been demolished and forms part of the controversy in W.P.No.37619 of 2015 - reconstruction with original material.

2. There is no purpose in maintaining a separate petition, as the issue would be covered in W.P.No.37619 of 2015.

3. The writ petition accordingly stands closed. No costs. Consequently, connected M.P.Nos.1 and 2 of 2015 are closed.

-s/d- Assistant Registrar True Copy Sub-Assistant Registrar ksr To 1.The Secretary, Department of Tamil Development Culture, Religious and Endowments and Information Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai 600 009. 2.The Commissioner, HR & CE Department, Uthamar Gandhi Salai, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 039. 3.The Assistant Commissioner, HR & CE, Namakkal. 4.The Director - Monuments,The Archaeological Survey of India Janpath, New Delhi.

5.The Superintending Archaeologist The Archaeological Survey of India Chennai Circle, Fort St.George, Chennai.

+1 cc to Government Pleader sr.65182 W.P.No.37620 of 2015 aa17/12/2015