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.37621 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, forbearing the respondents 2 and 3 from performing functions including but not limited to renovation, restoration/conservation and functions of other similar nature, other than the discharge of financial management of religious institutions in Tamil Nadu.

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) As a consequence of the advice of the Consultant in W.P.No.37619 of 2015, the petitioner seeks to forbear any role to be played by the said Consultant. This would depend on the fate of the result in W.P.No.37619 of 2015 and no purpose in maintaining a separate petition.

2. The writ petition accordingly stands closed. No costs. Consequently, connected M.P.No.1 of 2015 is 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.65183 +1 cc to Rengarajan Narasimhan Advocate sr.64719 W.P.No.37621 of 2015 aa17/12/2015