Madras High CourtWP(MD)/3449/2020dismissed as withdrawal

B.Abbas v. The Southern Railway

2023-09-25Honourable Mrs Justice S.Srimathy4 pages

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 25.09.2023

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE S.SRIMATHY and W.M.P.(MD).Nos.2902 & 2904 of 2020 B.Abbas ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The Southern Railway, Rep. by its Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, Thiruvananthapuram Central.

2.The Deputy Station Manager (Commercial), Southern Railway, Nagercoil.

3.The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd., No.6A, Rain Tree Plaza, No.9, Mc Nichols Road, Chepet, Chennai-600 003, Rep. by its Assistant General Manager/CS/SR.

... RespondentS Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records of the order of the second respondent dated 20.01.2020 in No.V/C. 1/4

86/Insp/IRCTC units/2020 and order of third respondent herein in No. 2019/IRCTC/SZ/Static-Misc/Platform Vending dated 09.07.2019 and quash the same and consequently forbear the respondents from in any manner interfering with the petitioner's right to carry on platform vending through platform vendors who have been duly authorized for the period upto 19.06.2021 at Nagercoil Railway Station.

For Petitioner : Mr.AR.C.Sundaresan, Senior Counsel, For M/s.A.L.Ganthimathi For R-1 & R-2 : Mr.S.Manohar, Standing Counsel For R-3 : Mr.S.Manohar

ORDER

This Writ Petition is filed for Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to quash the impugned orders dated 20.01.2020 and 09.07.2019 and consequently forbear the respondents from in any manner interfering with the petitioner's right to carry on platform vending through platform vendors who have been duly authorized for the period upto 19.06.2021 at Nagercoil Railway Station.

2. Heard the learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondents and perused the materials available on record.

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3. The learned counsel appearing for the third respondent submitted that the petitioner's license period is already over. Subsequently, the license is granted to another person.

4. In view of the above, this Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.

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