K.Annadhurai, v. The District Collector

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 14.03.2018

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE V.BHARATHIDASAN W.P.(MD)Nos.4746, 4777, 4778 and 4840 of 2018 1.K.Annadhurai 2.R.Agila 3.K.Rajamanickam 4.R.Arivalagan 5.A.Jokken 6.R.Rajentheran 7.R.Kalimuthu 8.N.Kavunraj 9.K.Vengatesan 10.M.Shanmugam 11.P.Dhuraisamy 12.S.Alphonshmery 13.Kulanthaiyammal 14.A.Jebamalai 15.M.Jayameri 16.K.Annalmery 17.K.Thamas 18.T.Thangavel 19.P.Vengatesan 20.N.Suyampiragasam 21.M.Kumuthavalli 22.T.Balraj 23.C.Yogarajan 24.P.Kesavan 25.S.Govintharaj 26.P.Padmavathi 27.N.Appuramoorthi 28.N.Satheesh 29.Markeretalaxme 30.S.Santhi 31.Kirushnamoorthi 32.Pitchaiya 33.A.Basker 34.Manikandan 35.Velusamy 36.C.Rajangam 37.Maruthaiya 38.Vasantha 39.T.Veeramani 40.G.Nadarajan ... Petitioners in W.P.(MD)No.4746 of 2018

1.S.Elangovan 2.P.Govindaraj 3.C.Sundaram 4.K.Murali 5.V.Murugesan 6.S.Marteen 7.J.Marimuthu 8.D.Mahendran 9.V.Vijaykumar 10.G.Padmanthan 11.R.Karpagam 12.K.Rani 13.R.Govindarasu 14.V.Ganesan 15.V.Murugesan 16.K.Rengaraj 17.B.Thansilas 18.A.Charles 19.R.Sivasankaran 20.P.Valarmathi 21.Govindarasu 22.K.Sathasivam 23.T.Kaliyaraj 24.G.Kaliyamoorthi 25.P.Sathishkumar 26.D.Johnson 27.S.Mehanathan 28.D.Dhuraisamy 29.R.Neelamegan 30.P.Krishnan 31.C.Thirugnanam 32.P.Vasu 33.R.Muthulakshmi 34.R.Kannadasan 35.G.Ravi 36.M.Gunasekaran 37.M.Ambika 38.A.Arvialagan 39.E.Santhi 40.J.Suganthi ... Petitioners in W.P.(MD)No.4777 of 2018 1.P.Karunanithi 2.C.Vignesh 3.K.Saminathan 4.C.Sivanantham 5.M.Dhanapal 6.Thamasgunasekar 7.G.Nadarajan 8.G.Venkatesan 9.S.Bhasker

10.A.Melakkardoss 11.V.Rajarajasolan 12.G.Arokyasamy 13.T.Bhasker 14.R.Archunan 15.R.Kalaiselvan 16.S.Chandirasekar 17.R.Gunasekaran 18.K.Kumar 19.M.Vijaya 20.K.Ayyavu 21.M.Stephan 22.R.Manimegalai 23.N.Sakthivel 24.A.Arumugam 25.P.Ambikapathi 26.A.Mohan 27.P.Bakiyaraj 28.V.Subramaniyan 29.V.Mahesh 30.B.Pitchaiya 31.V.Arivalagan 32.K.Kanagaraj 33.T.Ramalingam 34.A.Sebasthiyamma 35.S.Sethuraman 36.S.Saroja 37.S.Palani 38.S.Rajappa 39.K.Jeyalalitha 40.G.Sengutovan ... Petitioners in W.P.(MD)No.4778 of 2018 1.K.Mathivanan 2.N.Gunalan 3.D.Chandirasekar 4.M.Muthukaruppu 5.D.Kaliyamoorthi 6.K.Sasiloga 7.R.Renuga 8.S.Murugaiyan 9.M.V.Balasubramaniyan 10.V.Vennila 11.S.Vijaya 12.J.Suganthi 13.V.Pakkiyam 14.Kennadi 15.M.Mahendran 16.D.Ravichandiran 17.A.Pavulnathan 18.A.Velayutham 19.N.Chadaiyan

20.S.Sekar 21.M.Karnan 22.R.Panneerselvam 23.Pitchaiya 24.V.Prema 25.D.Jenmaragini 26.M.S.Ganesan 27.Chandrasekar 28.S.Selvaraj 29.G.Velmurugan 30.C.Rajangam 31.R.Agila 32.K.Renganayaki 33.Dhetchanamoorthy 34.P.Niththiyanantham 35.K.Kamaraj 36.D.Duraimanikam 37.R.Dhanarajan 38.P.Kennady ... Petitioners in W.P.(MD)No.4840 of 2018 -Vs1. The District Collector, Thanjavur District,

2. The Deputy General Manager, Chennai Regional Office, New India Assurance Company Limited, Spencer Towers, 3rd Floor, 770-A, Anna Salai, Chennai-600 002.

3. The Assistant Director for Agriculture, Thiruvaiyaru, Thiruvaiyaru Taluka,

4. The Secretary, T.1731 Primary Agricultural Co-operative Credit Society Limited, Sathanur, Thiruvaiyaru Taluka, Thanjavur District.

... Respondents in all W.Ps.

COMMON PRAYER:Writ Petitions are filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the second respondent to grant the entire compensation for the loss of the petitioners' crops at the rate of 77.9% in Maharajapuram Village of Thiruvaiyaru Taluka of Thanjavur District, by way of crops insurance for the cultivating year 20162017 through the fourth respondent after deducting 5% already paid by considering the petitioner's representation dated 23.01.2018,

within the period as stipulated by this Court. For Petitioner : Mr.A.Haja Mohideen For R1, R3 and R4 : Mrs.J.Padmavathi Devi, Special Government Pleader.

For R2 : Mr.J.S.Murali, Standing Counsel.

(In all Writ Petitions) COMMON ORDER Since the issues involved in these writ petitions are one and the same, these writ petitions are taken up together and disposed of by a common order.

2.According to the petitioners, they are all agriculturists, and they cultivated paddy in the Samba Season in the year 2016-2017, and their crops was also insured with the fourth respondent, and all the crops were damaged due to drought. In such circumstances, the agricultural authority sent recommendation to the Government for paying 77.9% compensation for the crop loss, but the Insurance Company paid only 5% as compensation. In the above circumstances, the petitioners made representations to the District Collector on 23.01.2018. But, so far no order has been passed on the representations of the petitioners, hence, the present writ petitions are filed. 3.Considering the submission made by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners that similarly placed villagers are given compensation at the rate of 77.9 %, the first respondent / District Collector is directed to consider the petitioners' representations, and pass suitable orders on merits and in accordance with law, within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

4.With the above direction, these writ petitions are disposed of. No costs.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS-I) /True Copy/ Sub Assistant Registrar To

1. The District Collector, Thanjavur District,

2. The Assistant Director for Agriculture, Thiruvaiyaru, Thiruvaiyaru Taluka,

3. The Secretary, T.1731 Primary Agricultural Co-operative Credit Society Limited, Sathanur, Thiruvaiyaru Taluka, Thanjavur District.

+ 4 ccs TO Mr.J.S.Murali , Advocate in SR Nos. 55343 to 55346 + 4 cc TO Mr.A.Haja Mohideen, Advocate in SR Nos. 55472 to 55475 + 1 cc TO The Special Government Pleader in SR No. 55630 Myr AE/KKR/SAR1/27.03.2018/6P/13C W.P.(MD)Nos.4746, 4777, 4778 and 4840 of 2018 14.03.2018