Mohamed Akbar v. The Railway Board

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 17.04.2024 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.MURALI SHANKAR W.P.(MD)No.11692 of 2017 Mohamed Akbar ... Petitioner Vs.

The Railway Board, represented by its Director (Traffic), Ministry of Railways, Government of India, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi.

... Respondent PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court to issue a Writ of Mandamus, to direct the respondent to consider and pass orders on the representation/appeal preferred by the petitioner dated 26.01.2017 in connection with refund of the licence fee paid by the petitioner for the NVRR, subject matter of the said appeal/representation within the time that may be stipulated by this Court.

For Petitioner : Mr.V.George Raja for M/s.Ajmal Associates For Respondent : Mr.K.R.Laxman 1/4

O R D E R

The Writ Petition has been filed seeking orders to direct the respondent to consider and pass orders on the representation/appeal preferred by the writ petitioner dated 26.01.2017 in connection with refund of the licence fee paid by him for the NVRR, subject matter of the said appeal/representation within the time that may be stipulated by this Court.

2. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, the learned counsel appearing for the writ petitioner as well as the learned counsel appearing for the respondent would submit that subsequent to the filing of the present writ petition, the respondent has passed an order dated 17.07.2017 on the basis of the representation made by the writ petitioner dated 26.01.2017 and as such, nothing survives for further adjudication and they have also produced the copy of the order dated 17.07.2017.

3. Recording the submissions made on either side, this Writ 2/4

Petition is dismissed as infructuous. The writ petitioner is at liberty to challenge the order dated 17.07.2017 within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. 17.04.2024 NCC :Yes/No Index :Yes/No Internet : Yes/ No csm 3/4

K.MURALI SHANKAR, J csm Order made in W.P.(MD)No.11692 of 2017 Dated : 17.04.2024 4/4