Murugan P v. The Director

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 19.01.2026

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.VIJAYAKUMAR and W.M.P(MD)Nos.4585, 4587 & 21106 of 2023 P.Murugan ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The Director, Municipal Administration, Chepauk, Chennai.

2.The Bodinayakanur Municipality, Represented by its Commissioner, Bodinayakanur, Theni District.

3.Ganesan ... 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 relates to the auction cum tender notification issued by the second respondent in Na.Ka.No.2131/2022/A2, dated 20.09.2022, for collecting the fees from 40 shops and the vacant site measuring 10,696 1/4

sq.ft., situated in Daily Market in No.2, New Street, in Bodinayakanur, for the period from 2022-2025 and quash the same and its further action declaring the third respondent as highest bidder as illegal, as it contravenes to the resolution dated 18.08.2022 in Na.Ka.No. 3272/2020/A2, passed by the Municipal Council, which authorized to allot the shops and vacant site by way auction cum tender and in consequence to direct the second respondent to conduct a fresh auction to allot 40 shops and the vacate site measuring 10.969 sq.ft., situated in Daily Market, in No.2, New Street, Bodinayakanur Town by following the due procedures under the Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act and Rules.

For Petitioner : Mr.K.Saravana Bagavathi For Respondents : Mr.B.Saravanan Additional Government Pleader for R.1 Mr.A.Kannan for R.2

ORDER

The present writ petition has been filed seeking to quash the tender notification dated 20.09.2022 issued by the second respondent Municipality for the collection of rent from 40 shops for the period 2022-2025. The petitioner also seeks a declaration declaring the third respondent as the highest bidder to be illegal. 2/4

2.According to the learned counsel appearing for the second respondent, the period covered under the tender notification has already expired in the year 2025 itself and, therefore, nothing survives to be adjudicated.

3.Recording the same, this Writ Petition stands closed. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed. 19.01.2026 NCC : Yes / No Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No MGA To 1.The Director, Municipal Administration, Chepauk, Chennai.

2.The Commissioner, Bodinayakanur Municipality, Bodinayakanur, Theni District.

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R.VIJAYAKUMAR, J.

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