Shri R.Silambarasan v. the Chief Secretary and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Shop allotment Mohanpura Vegetable Market; Sri Vijaya Puram Municipal Council (SVPMC); removal of shop set up illegally under staircase space; Order No. 420 dated 29.01.2025; representations dated 20.12.2018 and 13.02.2022; quashing of municipal removal order; remand for fresh consideration; personal hearing; reasoned and speaking order within eight weeks; one-week moratorium; Executive Engineer – I (Works); WPA/56/2025; Port Blair Circuit Bench; Krishna Rao, J.
What did the court decide?
Impugned order No. 420 dated 29.01.2025 set aside and quashed; matter remanded to the Secretary, Municipal Council to consider afresh the petitioner's representations dated 20.12.2018 and 13.02.2022 (pages 47–48 of the writ application), after giving a personal hearing, and to pass a reasoned and speaking order within eight weeks; if the speaking order goes against the petitioner, no action shall be taken against him for one week from the date of that order.