The High Court of Madras dismissed the petitioner's writ petition seeking a writ of mandamus to restrain respondents from awarding projects to the fourth respondent. The court held the petition was not bonafide, lacked material, and was designed to forestall project implementation.
None; writ petition dismissed and petitioner directed to pay Rs.10,000/- costs.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED:04.06.2020 CORAM :
THE HON'BLE MR.A.P.SAHI, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY
W.P.NO.7831 OF 2020
M.Singaram .. Petitioner
-vs-
Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issue of Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents 1 to 3 to conduct an enquiry regarding the representation of the petitioner dated 30.04.2020 till then the respondents 1 to 3 may be restrained from considering or awarding any future projects/tenders/main contract and sub contract in favour of the 4th respondent.
For Petitioner : Mr.M.Sathish
ORDER
(Order of the Court was made by The Hon'ble Chief Justice)
The petitioner claiming himself to be a social activist and RTI activist has come up contending that he has filed a representation alleging certain malpractice on the part of the fourth respondent by manipulating documents for obtaining the work as a sub-contractor in relation to the Tamil Nadu Road Sector Project.
on the petitioner to be payable to the Tamil Nadu State Legal Services Authority within three weeks.
The writ petition is dismissed accordingly.
Sd/Assistant Registrar(CO-MDU)
//True Copy//
Sub Assistant Registrar
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To: 1. The Project Director, Tamil Nadu Road Sector Project-2, TNMB Building, No.171, South Kesava Perumalpuram, Greenways Road, Raja Annamalai Puram, Chennai – 600 028. 2. The Chief Engineer, Tamil Nadu Road Sector Project-2, TNMB Building, No.171, South Kesava Perumalpuram, Greenways Road, Raja Annamalai Puram, Chennai – 600 028. 3. The Joint Director, Director General (H), 1st Floor, Integrated CE's Office, No.76, Sardar Patel Road, Guindy, Chennai – 600 025. Copy To The Secretary, Legal Services Authority, Chennai. KS(CO) CS/13/07/2020
W.P.No.7831 of 2020
1 issue framed by the court
Whether to grant a writ of mandamus restraining respondents from awarding contracts to the fourth respondent pending an enquiry into alleged malpractice.
M.Singaram
The Project Director, Tamil Nadu Road Sector Project-2
The Chief Engineer, Tamil Nadu Road Sector Project-2
The Joint Director, Director General (H)
M/s.PSK Infrastructure and Project Pvt. Ltd.
A.P.Sahi
Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy
As recorded by the court registry
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