Challenge to a letter memo asking the petitioner to remove a poultry farm. Court directed petitioner to reply to the notice, mandated a hearing before action, and maintained status quo.
Permission to file reply to Show Cause Notice; status quo maintained; First Respondent to consider reply and take action after proper hearing.
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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
DATED : 13.07.2017
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.MAHADEVAN
W.P.(MD)No.17528 of 2014 and
M.P(MD)No.1 of 2014
R.Murali ... Petitioner
Vs.
... Respondents
PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Certiorari calling for the records relating to the proceedings in Letter Memo dated 20.09.2014, on the file of the third respondent herein and to quash the same.
For Petitioner : Mr.S.Subbiah For Respondents : Mr.J.Gunaseelan Muthiah, Government Advocate for R.1 & R.2 Mr.R.Anandharaj, for R.3
***** ORDER
This Writ Petition has been filed questioning the Letter Memo of the third respondent herein dated 20.09.2014, vide which, the petitioner herein was asked to remove their poultry farm on https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ the ground that the said poultry farm had not been licensed by the Health Department as well as by the third respondent panchayat.
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4.Under such circumstances, the petitioner is directed to file necessary reply to the said Show Cause Notice dated 20.09.2014, before the first respondent, within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. On receipt of the same, the first respondent is directed to consider the reply of the petitioner and take appropriate action as per law after affording due opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and all other interested parties, if any, by proper notice, well in advance, within a period of four weeks thereafter. Since the petitioner is continuing his poultry business in the said place, status quo as on today, has to be maintained, till the first respondent takes a decision on the reply to be filed by the petitioner.
Sd/-
Assistant Registrar (RTI)
/True copy/
Sub Assistant Registrar
To
Pavoor Chathiram – 627 808, Tirunelveli District.
PSM/SKN-RSK/SAR4/19.07.2017/2P/5C
W.P.(MD)No.17528 of 2014
M.P(MD)No.1 of 2014 13.07.2017
R. Murali
Superintendent, Public Health and Prevention of Deceases and Medicine Department
Block Development Officer, Keezha Pavoor
President, Second Grade Village Panchayat, Kulasekarapatti
R. Mahadevan
As recorded by the court registry
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