D.Rajendran v. The Principal Secretary

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 17.03.2016 CORAM :

The Hon'ble MR.SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, CHIEF JUSTICE AND The Hon'ble MR.JUSTICE M.M.SUNDRESH W.P. No.8677 of 2016 D.Rajendran .. Petitioner -vs1.The Principal Secretary, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Revenue Department, Fort St. George, Chennai.

2.District Collector, Vellore District.

3.Tahsildar Vellore.

4.Village Administrative Officer, Kallapparai.

5.District Forest Officer, District Forest Office, IV Floor, Rengapuram, Vellore.

6.The Sub Registrar Vellore.

7.T.Gopi 8.Karpagam.V.

9.Alamelu.V.

10.V.Satishkumar 11.V.Bharath Kumar 12.R.Subramani .. Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issue of Writ of Mandamus to direct the respondents 1 to 6 for disposal of the petitioner's representation on 27.02.2016 for not to cut the Tamarind Trees at land comprised in S.No.129, Kallaparai Village, measuring 7200 acres at Vellore Taluk / District.

For Petitioner :

Mr.K.Harikrishnan for Mr.M.Ramiah For Respondents :

Mr.S.T.S.Murthi, Govt. Pleader, assisted by Mr.V.Shanmugasundar, G.A.

For RR 1 to 4 and 6 :

Mr.M.K.Subramanian, Spl.G.P. For R-5

O R D E R

(Order of the Court was made by The Hon'ble Chief Justice) The petition filed in public interest had been listed before us today and when the matter is taken up, the learned counsel for the petitioner states that he would like to engage a senior counsel. This is the first listing. We have gone through the brief. There was no reason to bring up the matter before us if the petitioner was not ready. It is not a case where the counsel is in some personal difficulty. We proceed to order.

2.On a perusal of the petition, we find that the petitioner has neither any special knowledge or skills in respect of subject matter, i.e. allegation of deforestation. He claims, he is not an income-tax assessee, does have a PAN Card and earns about Rs.50,000/- per annum from doing printing work. He is a resident of Chennai. He seeks to raise an issue about Kallaparai Village in Vellore District based on a paper publication of an alleged notice and a representation dated 27.02.2016 in this behalf has also been sent to the respondents. It is clearly a case of either for publicity or has been set up.

3.We find this public interest litigation completely misconceived and refuse to exercise jurisdiction. 4.Writ Petition stands dismissed. No costs.

Sd/- Asst.Registrar /true copy/ Sub Asst. Registrar sra

To 1.The Principal Secretary, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Revenue Department, Fort St. George, Chennai.

2.The District Collector, Vellore District.

3.The Tahsildar, Vellore.

4.The Village Administrative Officer, Kallapparai. 5.The District Forest Officer, District Forest Office, IV Floor, Rengapuram, Vellore.

6.The Sub Registrar, Vellore.

1 cc to Government Pleader, Sr. 17381 W.P.No.8677 of 2016 SKV (CO) kk 29/3