Ganesan, v. Union Of India

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 02.07.2025

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM and THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE A.D.MARIA CLETE and W.M.P(MD)Nos.9725 & 9726 of 2019 Ganesan ... Petitioner vs.

1.Union of India, Represented by the Secretary to Government, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi - 01.

2.Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Represented by its Director, Government of India, Indira Paryavaran Bhavan, Aliganj, Jor Bagh, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 03.

3.Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Represented by the General Manager (Construction), IOCL Pipeline Division, Southern Region Pipelines, House of Four Frames, Wheat Croft Road, Nungampakkam, Chennai - 34.

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4.The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, Represented by its Member Secretary, No.76, Mount Road, Anna Salai, Guindy, Chennai.

5.The District Collector, 6.The District Revenue Officer, 7.The District Environmental Engineer, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, 8.The Wildlife Warden, O/o. The Wildlife Warden, Madurai Rameshwaram Road, Kadamba Nagar, Ramanathapuram District.

... Respondents PRAYER : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records pertaining to the decision in item No.250-21 taken by the fourth respondent dated 15.11.2018 in the 250th Consent Clearance Committee Meeting and quash the same as illegal and consequently direct the respondents not to lay any gas pipelines in relates to the project of transporting Natural Gas through Ramanathapuram District.

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For Petitioner : Mr.K.Navaneetharaja For RR 1 & 2 : Mr.A.Srinivasan For R - 3 : Mr.K.Muraleedharan For RR 5, 6 & 8 : Mr.P.Thilak Kumar Government Pleader For RR 4 & 7 : Ms.Madhuri Donti Reddy

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.) When the matter was taken up for hearing today, the learned counsel appearing for the third respondent submitted that the pipe line has already been laid and therefore, the cause became vanished. 2.Recording the said submission, this Writ Petition stands closed. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, connected Miscellaneous Petitions are closed.

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1.The Secretary to Government, Represented by the Union of India, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi - 01.

2.Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Represented by its Director, Government of India, Indira Paryavaran Bhavan, Aliganj, Jor Bagh, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 03.

3.The General Manager (Construction), Represented by the Indian Oil Corporation Limited, IOCL Pipeline Division, Southern Region Pipelines, House of Four Frames, Wheat Croft Road, Nungampakkam, Chennai - 34.

4.The Member Secretary, Represented by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, No.76, Mount Road, Anna Salai, Guindy, Chennai.

5.The District Collector, 6.The District Revenue Officer, 4/6

7.The District Environmental Engineer, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, 8.The Wildlife Warden, O/o. The Wildlife Warden, Madurai Rameshwaram Road, Kadamba Nagar, Ramanathapuram District.

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S.M.SUBRAMANIAM , J.

and DR.A.D.MARIA CLETE , J.

ps ORDER MADE IN DATED : 02.07.2025 6/6