Manikandan, v. Union Of India,

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 28.02.2024 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR.SANJAY V.GANGAPURWALA, CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.DHANABAL W.P.(MD)No.20201 of 2018 and W.M.P.(MD)Nos.17955 & 17956 of 2018 Manikandan ...

Petitioner Vs.

1.Union of India, Rep. by its Secretary to Government of India, The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, No.116, A Wing, Shasthri Bawan, New Delhi- 110 001.

2.The Managing Director,

3.The Chairman, .. Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the entire records pertaining to the impugned tender notification issued by the second respondent in Ref.No.TACTV/DSD/EoI/002/2018 dated 22.08.2018 and quash the same as illegal and consequently direct the second respondent to call for tender for appointing Digital Signal Distributors (DSD) for the entire Tamil Nadu. For Petitioner : Mr.P.M.Vishnuvarthanan For Respondents : Mr.S.Karthick - for R1 Central Government Standing Counsel Mrs.J.R.Annie Abinaya - for R2 & R3 Additional Standing Counsel

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by The Hon'ble CHIEF JUSTICE]

The learned Counsel for the petitioner accepts that now the matter has become infructuous.

2.In view of that, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuus. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed. [S.V.G., C.J.] [P.D.B., J.] 28.02.2024 Index : Yes / No MR

To 1.The Secretary to Government of India, Union of India, The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, No.116, A Wing, Shasthri Bawan, New Delhi- 110 001.

2.The Managing Director, 3.The Chairman,

THE HONOURABLE CHIEF JUSTICE and P.DHANABAL , J.

MR W.P.(MD)No.20201 of 2018 28.02.2024