Rajendranath .M.V.S v. The Secretary To Government
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 20.07.2023
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.S.SUNDAR and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D.BHARATHA CHAKRAVARTHY W.P(MD)No.17298 of 2023 and W.M.P(MD)Nos.14488,14489 & 14490 of 2023 M.V.S.Rajendranath ... Petitioner Vs.
1.The Secretary to Government, Tamil Development, Religious Endowment and Information Department, Secretariat, Chennai-09.
2.The Commissioner, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department, Nungambakkam, Chennai.
3.The Joint Commissioner, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department, Tirunelveli Region, Tirunelveli.
4.The Executive Officer, A/m.Muthumalaiamman Thirukkovil, Mukkoodal, Ambasamuthiram Taluk, 5.The Executive Officer (Thakkar), 1/7
Arulmigu Kasibanathar Swami Thirukkovil, Ambasamuthiram, 6.The District Collector, Tirunelveli District, Tirunelveli.
7.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Office of the RDO, Cheranmahadevi, 8.The Tahsildar, Cheranmahadevi Taluk, 9.The Superintendent of Police, Tirunelveli District, Tirunelveli.
10.The Inspector of Police, Mukkoodal Police Station, 11.The Director General of Police, Fire and Rescue Department, Rajarathinam Stadium Opposite, Egmore, Chennai.
12.The District Officer, Fire and Rescue Department, Tirunelveli District, Tirunelveli.
13.The Station Fire Officer, Seranmahadevi, 2/7
14.The Chief Engineer, Office of the Chief Engineer, PWD, Thallakulam, Madurai-02.
15.The Executive Engineer, Building Constructions and maintenance, Public Works Department, Tirunelveli.
16.R.Ganesan 17.P.Poovaiya 18.V.Vijayasekar 19.K.Kannan 20.Arunachalam 21.Madhankumar 22.P.Jeyaganesan 23.S.Mani 24.M.Mariappan 25.M.Arjunan 26.P.Ponnarasu 27.D.S.A.Sivaprakasam ... Respondents Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records relating 3/7
to the peace meeting decision taken by the 8th respondent in Na.Ka.No.m4/3170/2023 dated 27.06.2023 and quash the same as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the official respondents to conduct the festival without interference of the respondents No.16 to 27 and also any other 3rd parties and strictly directing them to follow the orders passed by this Court in W.P(MD)No.12824 of 2017 dated 19.07.2017 and in W.P(MD)No.15268 of 2019 dated 04.08.2022 by the monitoring of the second respondent each and every festival of Arulmigu Muthumalai Amman Temple situated at Mukkudal Village, Tirunelveli District in future.
For Petitioner :Mr.R.Sevugaraja For R-1 to R-15 :Mr.P.Thilak Kumar, Government Pleader ***
ORDER
(Order of the Court was made by S.S.SUNDAR, J.) Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission of this Court to withdraw this writ petition and he has also made an endorsement to that effect.
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2. In view of the endorsement so made, this writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.
[S.S.S.R., J.] [D.B.C., J.] 20.07.2023 Index : Yes / No NCC : Yes/No am To 1.The Secretary to Government, Tamil Development, Religious Endowment and Information Department, Secretariat, Chennai-09.
2.The Commissioner, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department, Nungambakkam, Chennai.
3.The Joint Commissioner, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department, Tirunelveli Region, Tirunelveli.
4.The Executive Officer, A/m.Muthumalaiamman Thirukkovil, Mukkoodal, Ambasamuthiram Taluk, 5.The Executive Officer (Thakkar), Arulmigu Kasibanathar Swami Thirukkovil, Ambasamuthiram, 6.The District Collector, Tirunelveli District, 5/7
Tirunelveli.
7.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Office of the RDO, Cheranmahadevi, 8.The Tahsildar, Cheranmahadevi Taluk, 9.The Superintendent of Police, Tirunelveli District, Tirunelveli.
10.The Inspector of Police, Mukkoodal Police Station, 11.The Director General of Police, Fire and Rescue Department, Rajarathinam Stadium Opposite, Egmore, Chennai.
12.The District Officer, Fire and Rescue Department, Tirunelveli District, Tirunelveli.
13.The Station Fire Officer, Seranmahadevi, 14.The Chief Engineer, Office of the Chief Engineer, PWD, Thallakulam, Madurai-02.
15.The Executive Engineer, Building Constructions and maintenance, Public Works Department, Tirunelveli.
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S.S.SUNDAR, J.
and D.BHARATHA CHAKRAVARTHY , J.
am W.P(MD)No.17298 of 2023 20.07.2023 7/7