Nallusamy v. The Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 15.07.2025

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM and THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE S.SRIMATHY Nallusamy ... Petitioner -vs1.The Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Secretariat, Chennai-600 009 2.The Commissioner Prohibition and Excise Department Chepauk, Chennai 3.The Commissioner of Municipal Administration Santhome High Road Raja Annamalaipuram Chennai-28 4.The Managing Director Tamilnadu State Marketing Ltd., CMDA Building Tower-II, Gandhi Irwin Bridge Road Egmore, Chennai-8

5.The District Collector Ramanathapuram District Ramanathapuram 6.The Superintendent of Police Ramanathapuram District Ramanathapuram 7.The Tahsildar Kamuthi Taluk Ramanathapuram District 8.The Executive Officer Abiramam Town Panchayat (First Grade) Ramanathapuram District 9.The Inspector of Police Abiramam Police Station Ramanathapuram District 10.M/s.A1 Recreation Club rep.by the Secretary M.Sathishkumar S/o.Muthuramalingam D.No.62, VOC Street Kamarajarpuram Madurai North Madurai District ... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of mandamus directing respondents 1 to 8 to forthwith shut down and remove the recreation club namely "A1 Recreation Club" situated at Survey No.264/2A, Old Kinatru Street, Abiramam Town, Ramanathapuram District

and to consider petitioner representation dated 21.06.2025. For Petitioner :

Mr.S.Sundarapandian For Respondents :

Mr.P.Thilakkumar Government Pleader for R1 to R3, R5, R7 & R8 Mr.T.Senthil Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor for R6 & R9

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.] This writ petition has been instituted seeking a direction to the respondents 1 to 8 to forthwith shutdown and remove the recreation club, namely, "A1 Recreation Club", situated at Survey No.264/2A, Old Kinatru Street, Abiramam Town, Ramanathapuram District and to consider the petitioner's representation dated 21.06.2025.

2. With reference to the relief sought for in this writ petition, learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents 1 to 3, 5, 7 & 8 produced a copy of the written instructions, dated 14.07.2025, received from the District Collector, Ramanathapuram, before this Court. In the said written instructions, the District Collector has stated that no application has

been received from the tenth respondent sofar seeking FL-2 licence to run a foreign liquor retail shop.

3. Since no application has been received from the tenth respondent sofar, the question of granting the relief as such sought for by the petitioner in this writ petition does arise at all and the same is, therefore, dismissed. No costs.

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1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

2.The Commissioner, Prohibition and Excise Department, Chepauk, Chennai.

3.The Commissioner of Municipal Administration, Santhome High Road,

Raja Annamalaipuram, Chennai-28.

4.The District Collector, Ramanathapuram District, Ramanathapuram.

5.The Superintendent of Police, Ramanathapuram District, Ramanathapuram.

6.The Tahsildar, Kamuthi Taluk, Ramanathapuram District.

7.The Executive Officer, Abiramam Town Panchayat, (First Grade), Ramanathapuram District.

8.The Inspector of Police, Abiramam Police Station, Ramanathapuram District.

S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.

and S.SRIMATHY , J.

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