M/S.Thiruverumbur Road Users v. The Chief Engineer

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 13.02.2025

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.K.R.SHRIRAM, CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE V.LAKSHMINARAYANAN M/s.Thiruverumbur Road Users Welfare Association No.58, Second Street IAS Nagar, Thiruverumbur Tiruchirapalli-620 013 rep.by its Secretary M.Radhakrishnan S/o.Mariappan ... Petitioner -vs1.The Chief Engineer (Construction & Maintenance) Highways Department Integrated Chief Engineer's Office HRS Campus, 76, Sardar Patel Road Guindy, Chennai-600 025 2.The Director NHAI, Medical College Road Thanjavur-613 007 3.The District Collector

Collector's Office Compound Trichy-620 001 4.The Commissioner Tiruchirapalli City Corporation Bharathidasan Road Cantonment Tiruchirapalli-620 001 5.The Executive Engineer Tiruchirapalli City Corporation Bharathidasan Road Cantonment, Tiruchirapalli-620 001 6.The Assistant Commissioner Tiruchirapalli City Corporation Ponmalai Zone Tiruchirapalli-620 010 7.The Superintendent of Police Office of the Superintendent of Police Subramaniapuram Tiruchirapalli-620 020 8.The Deputy Superintendent of Police Thiruverumbur Tiruchy-Thanjavur Main Road Tiruchirapalli-620 014 ...

Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to remove the encroachments made

in the service roads adjoining National Highway 67 in Thiruverumbur, Tiruchirapalli.

For Petitioner :

No appearance For Respondents :

Mr.R.Baskaran Additional Advocate General assisted by Mr.P.Thilakkumar Government Pleader for R1 & R3 Dr.R.Rajagopal Standing Counsel for R2 Mr.N.S.Karthikeyan Standing Counsel for R4 to R6 Mr.A.Albert James Government Advocate for R7 & R8

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by The Hon'ble CHIEF JUSTICE] Nobody is present for petitioner.

2. Counsel appearing for second respondent - NHAI tenders a report, dated 05.08.2019, issued by the National Highways Authority of India and signed by one G.Hari Krishna, Project Director, NHAI, PIU-Thanjavur, in which, it is stated that all encroachments have been removed. A copy of the report is taken on record and marked as "X" for identification. For easy reference, the

report is also scanned and reproduced below:

3. The Statement is accepted.

4. In view thereof, nothing survives in this petition.

5. Writ petition is disposed. There shall be no order as to costs. [K.R.SHRIRAM., C.J.] [V.LAKSHMINARAYANAN, J.] 13.02.2025 NCC : Yes / No Index : Yes / No krk To:

1.The Chief Engineer, (Construction & Maintenance), Highways Department, Integrated Chief Engineer's Office, HRS Campus, 76, Sardar Patel Road, Guindy, Chennai-600 025.

2.The District Collector, Collector's Office Compound, Trichy-620 001.

3.The Superintendent of Police, Office of the Superintendent of Police, Subramaniapuram, Tiruchirapalli-620 020.

4.The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Thiruverumbur, Tiruchy-Thanjavur Main Road, Tiruchirapalli-620 014.

THE HON'BLE CHIEF JUSTICE and V.LAKSHMINARAYANAN , J.

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