Petitioner filed a writ asking authorities to act against illegal construction by specific respondents. Court dismissed petition due to lack of specific interest and no explanation for choosing this specific property.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 09.01.2017
CORAM :
The Hon'ble MR.SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, CHIEF JUSTICE
AND
The Hon'ble MR.JUSTICE M.SUNDAR
W.P.No.556 of 2017
Dhanam ... Petitioner
-Vs-
1. The Commissioner,
Corporation of Chennai,
Rippon Building,
Poonamallee High Road,
Chennai-600 003.
2. The Member Secretary,
CMDA, Thalamuthu Nadarasan Malikai,
No.1, Gandhi Irwin Road,
Egmore, Chennai-600 008.
3. The Chairman,
The Town Planning Committee,
Chennai.
4. Zonal Officer Zone 6,
Chennai Corporation,
No.5 Anderson Salai Aynvaram,
Chennai-600 023.
5. H.Babulal
6. H.Harish Kumar
7. H.Kailash ... Respondents
Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of
India praying for issue of Writ of Mandamus to direct
respondents from 1 to 4 to take appropriate action upon the
illegal construction which is carried on by 5 to 7 respondents
pursuant to the petitioner's representation dated 27.07.2016.
For Petitioner : Mr.T.Thirumoorthy For Respondents : Mr.V.C.Selvasekaran for R1 & R4 Mr.K.Rajasrinivas for R2 Mr.R.Vijayakumar Additional Government Pleader for R3
ORDER
(Order of the Court was made by The Hon'ble Chief Justice)
The petitioner alleges unauthorised construction against respondent Nos.5 to 7 and seeks to file the public interest litigation as a political activist. There is nothing shown as to why the petitioner has any specific interest in this field, nor that unauthorised construction is anywhere near the residence of the petitioner.
Sd/-
Assistant Registrar(CS V)
//True Copy//
Sub Assistant Registrar
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To
+1cc to Mr.R.Thirumoorthy, Advocate, S.R.No.2576 +1cc to the Government Pleader, S.R.No.2095
W.P.No.556 of 2017
GJ II(CO)
CA(19/01/2017)
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the court should entertain a PIL filed by a petitioner with no specific interest regarding unauthorised construction near them.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Dhanam
Commissioner, Corporation of Chennai
Sanjay Kishan Kaul
Sundar
As recorded by the court registry
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