Kurumban v. The District Collector

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 27.02.2024 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR.SANJAY V.GANGAPURWALA, CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.ILANGOVAN W.P.(MD)No.9783 of 2018 and W.M.P.(MD)Nos.8973 to 8975 of 2018 Kurumban ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The District Collector, Madurai.

2.The Deputy Director, Department of Geology and Mines, Office of the District Collector, Madurai.

3.Kalukuthevan .. Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Certiorari, to call for the records of the first respondent in Na.Ka.No.186/2016 Mines dated 18.08.2017 and quash the same as illegal.

For Petitioner : Mr.P.Ganapathi Subramanian For Respondents : Mr.P.Thilak Kumar - for R1 and R2 Government Pleader

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by The Hon'ble CHIEF JUSTICE] The learned counsel for the petitioner, on instructions, submits that the petitioner is dead and the lease period assailed is also over.

2.In the light of that, nothing survives. The Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.

[S.V.G., C.J.] [G.I., J.] 27.02.2024 Index : Yes / No MR

To 1.The District Collector, Madurai.

2.The Deputy Director, Department of Geology and Mines, Office of the District Collector, Madurai.

THE HONOURABLE CHIEF JUSTICE and G.ILANGOVAN , J.

MR W.P.(MD)No.9783 of 2018 27.02.2024