Madras High Court
V.Meganathan vs Chief Secretary on 2 February, 2022
Author: N.Sathish Kumar
Bench: Munishwar Nath Bhandari, N.Sathish Kumar, P.D.Audikesavalu
W.P.No.10614 of 2017
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 02.02.2022
CORAM :
THE HON'BLE MR.MUNISHWAR NATH BHANDARI,
ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE,
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE N.SATHISH KUMAR
AND
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE P.D.AUDIKESAVALU
W.P.No.10614 of 2017
V.Meganathan .. Petitioner
vs
1.Chief Secretary,
Government of Tamil Nadu,
Secretariat, Fort St. George,
Chennai - 600 009.
2.Principal Secretary to Government,
Environment & Forest Department,
Government of Tamil Nadu,
Secretariat, Fort St. George,
Chennai - 600 009.
3.The District Collector,
Kancheepuram District,
Kancheepuram.
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4.Chief Wildlife Warden,
Guindy Childrens Park,
Raj Bhavan Post,
Chennai-600 022.
5.Director,
Indian Institute of Technology,
Besides Adyar Cancer Institute,
Sardar Patel Road, Adyar,
Chennai - 600 036.
6.Dreem World Foundation,
rep. by its Finance Trustee S.Mohamed Yusuf Ali,
No.3/64, Athiyuthu,
Ramanathpuram Taluk and District. .. Respondents
(Respondent No.6 impleaded as per the order
dated 11.05.2017 in WMP.No.13238 of 2017)
Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India
praying for a writ of mandamus directing the first respondent to
constitute a committee of experts to study the alleged ill effects of
Prosopis Juliflorais in the State of Tamil Nadu and submit a report to
this Court.
For the Petitioner : Mr.S.Sathyan
For the Respondents : Mr.S.Silambannan
Addl. Advocate General
assisted by
Dr.T.Seenivasan
Spl. G.P. (Forest)
for respondent Nos.1 to 4
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W.P.No.10614 of 2017
: Mr.Manoj Menon
for M/s.Menon Karthik Mukundan
and Neelakandan
for respondent No.5
: Mr.P.Vijendran
for respondent No.6
ORDER
(Order of the Court was made by the Hon'ble Acting Chief Justice) Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, on instructions, submitted that he is not pressing the writ petition.
2. In view of the above, the writ petition is dismissed as not pressed. No costs. Consequently, W.M.P.No.11553 of 2017 is closed.
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1.The Chief Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.
2.The Principal Secretary to Government, Environment & Forest Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.
3.The District Collector, Kancheepuram District, Kancheepuram.
4.The Chief Wildlife Warden, Guindy Childrens Park, Raj Bhavan Post, Chennai-600 022.
5.The Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Besides Adyar Cancer Institute, Sardar Patel Road, Adyar, Chennai - 600 036.
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AND P.D.AUDIKESAVALU, J.
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