V.Meganathan v. Chief Secretary
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 02.02.2022 CORAM :
THE HON'BLE MR.MUNISHWAR NATH BHANDARI, ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE, THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE N.SATHISH KUMAR AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE P.D.AUDIKESAVALU W.P.No.10614 of 2017 V.Meganathan ... Petitioner vs 1.Chief Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.
2.Principal Secretary to Government, Environment & Forest Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.
3.The District Collector, Kancheepuram District, Kancheepuram.
4.The Chief Wildlife Warden, Guindy Childrens Park, Raj Bhavan Post, Chennai-600 022.
5.The Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Besides Adyar Cancer Institute, Sardar Patel Road, Adyar, Chennai - 600 036.
6.The Dreem World Foundation, rep. by its Finance Trustee S.Mohamed Yusuf Ali, No.3/64, Athiyuthu, Ramanathpuram Taluk and District.
... Respondents (Respondent No.6 impleaded as per the order dated 11.05.2017 in WMP.No.13238 of 2017) Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for a writ of mandamus directing the first respondent to constitute a committee of experts to study the alleged ill effects of Prosopis Juliflorais in the State of Tamil Nadu and submit a report to this Court. For the Petitioner : Mr.S.Sathyan For the Respondents : Mr.S.Silambannan Addl. Advocate General assisted by Dr.T.Seenivasan Spl. G.P. (Forest) for respondent Nos.1 to 4 : Mr.Manoj Menon for M/s.Menon Karthik Mukundan and Neelakandan for respondent No.5 : Mr.P.Vijendran for respondent No.6
ORDER
(Order of the Court was made by the Hon'ble Acting Chief Justice) Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, on instructions, submitted that he is not pressing the writ petition.
2. In view of the above, the writ petition is dismissed as not pressed. No costs. Consequently, W.M.P.No.11553 of 2017 is closed.
SD/- ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SUB ASSISTANT REGISTRAR bbr To:
1.The Chief Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.
2.The Principal Secretary to Government, Environment & Forest Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.
3.The District Collector, Kancheepuram District, Kancheepuram.
4.The Chief Wildlife Warden, Guindy Childrens Park, Raj Bhavan Post, Chennai-600 022.
5.The Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Besides Adyar Cancer Institute, Sardar Patel Road, Adyar, Chennai - 600 036.
W.P.No.10614 of 2017 mg[co] srg 08/02/2022