C.Usha v. The District Collector

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 02.01.2024

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D.KRISHNAKUMAR and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.VIJAYAKUMAR and W.M.P.(MD) No.8609 of 2016 C.Usha ... Petitioner -vs1.The District Collector O/o.the District Collector Kanyakumari District 2.The District Forest Officer Forest Department Kanyakumari Division Nagercoil 3.The Assistant Executive Engineer Distribution Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Kulasekaram Kanyakumari District

4.The Junior Engineer Distribution (Rural) Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Kulasekaram Kanyakumari District 5.The Executive Officer Kadayal Town Panchayat Kanyakumari District ... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to install street lights and provide electricity connection to the houses situated at Valiayela, Kadayal Town Panchayat, Vilavancode Taluk, Kanyakumari District, within a time stipulated by this Court.

For Petitioner :

Mr.T.Aswin Rajasimman for Mr.T.Lajapathi Roy For Respondents :

Mr.P.Thilakkumar Government Pleader for R1 & R2 Mr.S.Deenadhayalan Standing Counsel for TANGEDCO for R3 & R4 No appearance for R5

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by D.KRISHNAKUMAR, J.] Prayer in this writ petition is to direct the respondents to install street lights and provide electricity connection to the houses situated at Valiayela, Kadayal Town Panchayat, Vilavancode Taluk, Kanyakumari District, within a time stipulated by this Court.

2. When we expressed our opinion that we are not inclined to entertain this writ petition as a Public Interest Litigation as the petitioner has not placed any material to show that she has satisfied the parameters laid down by the Honourable Supreme Court in the case of Guruvayoor Devaswom Managing Committee vs. C.K.Rajan, reported in (2003) 7 SCC 546 and the subsequent decisions of the Honourable Supreme Court in the case of Ashok Kumar Pandey vs. State of West Bengal and others, reported in (2004) 3 SCC 349, Neetu vs. State of Punjab, reported in (2007) 1 SCC 614 and State of M.P. vs. Narmada Bachao Andolan, reported in (2011) 7 SCC 639, learned counsel, who is representing the learned counsel on record for the petitioner sought permission of this Court to withdraw this writ petition and he has also made an endorsement to that effect.

3. In view of the endorsement so made, this writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed.

[D.K.K., J.] [R.V., J.] 02.01.2024 NCC :

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1.The District Collector, O/o.the District Collector, Kanyakumari District.

2.The District Forest Officer, Forest Department, Kanyakumari Division, Nagercoil.

D.KRISHNAKUMAR , J.

and R.VIJAYAKUMAR, J.

krk and W.M.P.(MD) No.8609 of 2016 02.01.2024