Madras High Court
Air Media Network Private Limited vs Union Of India on 7 January, 2022
Author: Krishnan Ramasamy
Bench: Krishnan Ramasamy
W.P.Nos.17055 to 17057 of 2018
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 07.01.2022
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KRISHNAN RAMASAMY
W.P.Nos.17055 to 17057 of 2018
and W.M.P.Nos.20302 to 20304 of 2018
AIR Media Network Private Limited.,
Represented by its Manager,
Namachivayam, ...Petitioner in all W.Ps
Vs
1.Union of India,
Represented by its Secretary,
The Ministry for Information and Broadcasting,
Room No.116, 'A' Wing,
Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi -110 001.
2.The Chairman,
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India,
Jawaharlal Nehru Marg,
(Opp to Ramleela Maidhan),
New Delhi - 110 002.
3.The District Collector / Nodal Officer,
District Collector Office,
Kanchipuram District,
Kanchipuram. ... Respondents
in W.P.No.17055 of 2018
1.Union of India,
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Represented by its Secretary,
The Ministry for Information and Broadcasting,
Room No.116, 'A' Wing,
Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi -110 001.
2.The Chairman,
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India,
Jawaharlal Nehru Marg,
(Opp to Ramleela Maidhan),
New Delhi - 110 002.
3.The District Collector / Nodal Officer,
District Collector Office,
Tiruvallur District,
Tiruvallur. ... Respondents
in W.P.No.17056 of 2018
1.Union of India,
Represented by its Secretary,
The Ministry for Information and Broadcasting,
Room No.116, 'A' Wing,
Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi -110 001.
2.The Chairman,
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India,
Jawaharlal Nehru Marg,
(Opp to Ramleela Maidhan),
New Delhi - 110 002.
3.The District Collector / Nodal Officer,
District Collector Office,
Ariyalur District,
Ariyalur. ... Respondents
in W.P.No.17057 of 2018
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Prayer in W.P.No.17055 of 2018 Writ Petition filed under Section 226 of the
Constitution of India, prayed for the issuance of Writ of Mandamus, directing
the first respondent to permit the petitioner Company to provide Analogue
Signal to its customers, to whom set top box is not provided, until the
petitioner's company provide set top box to all its customers like similarly placed
Multi System Operators from its control room at Kanchipuram District.
Prayer in W.P.No.17056 of 2018 Writ Petition filed under Section 226 of the
Constitution of India, prayed for the issuance of Writ of Mandamus, directing
the first respondent to permit the petitioner Company to provide Analogue
Signal to its customers, to whom set top box is not provided, until the
petitioner's company provide set top box to all its customers like similarly placed
Multi System Operators from its control room at Tiruvallur District.
Prayer in W.P.No.17057 of 2018 Writ Petition filed under Section 226 of the
Constitution of India, prayed for the issuance of Writ of Mandamus, directing
the first respondent to permit the petitioner Company to provide Analogue
Signal to its customers, to whom set top box is not provided, until the
petitioner's company provide set top box to all its customers like similarly placed
Multi System Operators from its control room at Ariyalur District.
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For Petitioner : Mr.B.Prasannavinoth
For R1 & R2 : Mr.S.Janarthanan.
Senior Panel Central Government
Standing Counsel
For R3 : Mr.M.Shahjahan
Special Government Pleader
COMMON ORDER
When the matter is taken up for hearing today, the learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the prayer sought for in these Writ Petitions have become infructuous.
2.Recording the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, these Writ Petitions are dismissed as infructuous. No costs.
Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.
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1.Union of India, Represented by its Secretary, The Ministry for Information and Broadcasting, Room No.116, 'A' Wing, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi -110 001.
2.The Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, (Opp to Ramleela Maidhan), New Delhi - 110 002.
3.The District Collector / Nodal Officer, District Collector Office, Kanchipuram District, Kanchipuram.
4.The District Collector / Nodal Officer, District Collector Office, Tiruvallur District, Tiruvallur.
5.The District Collector / Nodal Officer, District Collector Office, Ariyalur District, Ariyalur.
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