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.37622 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 Consultant Archaeologist/Conservationist HR & CE Department, Uthamar Gandhi Salai, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 039.

... Respondents Petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issue of a writ of Mandamus, directing the 1st respondent to form an autonomous Expert Task Force (ETF) consisting of Agamic Experts, Sampradhaya Experts, Historians, Archaeological Experts Institutions/Scientists with specialization in preservation/restoration of ancient

structures, paintings and murals, wood works etc., for the purpose of conservation of all monuments in the State of Tamil Nadu.

For Petitioner ::: Mr.Rangarajan Narasimhan Party-in-person For Respondents ::: Mr.P.H.Arvind Pandian AdditionalAdvocate 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) The larger issue qua forming an autonomous Expert Task Force is already before us in a suo motu proceedings in W.P.No.574 of 2015 and we are not inclined to have another petition on this issue.

2. The writ petition accordingly stands closed. No costs.

-s/d- Assistant Registrar True Copy Sub-Assistant Registrar 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 Mr.Rangarajan Narasimhan Advocate sr64720 +1 cc to Government Pleader sr.65184 W.P.No.37622 of 2015 aa17/12/2015