Madras High CourtWP/19618/2017dismissed as withdrawal

B.Murali v. The Secreatary To The

2020-12-18Honourable Mrs Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana4 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 18.12.2020

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE PUSHPA SATHYANARAYANA W.P.No.19618 of 2017 and W.M.P.No.21181 of 2017 & W.M.P.No.13874 of 2018 (Heard through VC) 1.B.Murali 2.N.Pappiah 3.B.Gunasekar 4.S.Jayachandran 5.K.R.Jayagaran ... Petitioners vs 1.The Secretary to the Government, Local Administration Department, The Government of Tamil Nadu, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector, Kancheepuram District.

3.The Chief Engineer, State Ground and Surface Water Resources Data Centre, Tharamani, Chennai - 600 113.

4.The Managing Director, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, No.1, Pumping Station Road, Chindadripet, Chennai - 600 002.

5.The Commissioner, Sembakkam Municipality, Kamarajapuram Main Road, Sembakkam, Chennai - 600 073.

6.The Executive Engineer, Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, 110, K.V.Puthuthangal SS Complex, Mullai Nagar Main Road, West Tambaram, Chennai - 600 045.

7.The Inspector of Police, S-15, Selaiyur Police Station, Velachery Main Raod, Selaiyur, Chennai - 600 073.

8.R.Ramesh 9.Prakash 10.Kumaraswamy

...Respondents

Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents 1 to 7 to restrain the respondents 8 to 10 from in any manner extracting ground water for distribution or sale from their lands at Gowrivakkam Village Sembakkam Municipality, Tambaram Taluk, Kancheepuram District and to initiate action against them for illegal extraction of ground water for commercial purposes and for illegal usage of the free electricity service connections given to them for agricultural purposes.

***** For Petitioner : Mr.S.Anil Sandeep For RR1 to 3, 5 & 7 : Mr.R.S.Selvam Government Advocate For R4 : Mr.N.Ramesh For R6 : Mr.S.K.Rameshwar For R10 : Mr.D.Jegannathan For RR7,8 & 9 : Served - No appearance *****

O R D E R

When the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner would submit that this matter is covered by the Division Bench order of this Court in

W.P.Nos.15304 of 2019, etc. Batch dated 04.10.2019 and hence, seeks permission of this Court to withdraw this Writ Petition.

2. In view of the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. The learned counsel for the petitioner is also directed to send an e-mail to this effect to the Registry, which shall be kept in the bundle. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(co) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar rsi To 1.The Secretary to the Government, Local Administration Department, The Government of Tamil Nadu, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.