Hearing petitions seeking writs to quash orders regarding ward reservation categories, the court allowed withdrawal of petitions by petitioners, leading to their dismissal with liberty to challenge the notifications subsequently.
Writ petitions dismissed as withdrawn; liberty granted to challenge the notification.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 17.12.2021
CORAM :
THE HON'BLE MR.MUNISHWAR NATH BHANDARI, ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE AND
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE P.D.AUDIKESAVALU
W.P.Nos.27921, 27922, 27925 and 32067 of 2019
W.P.No.27921 of 2019: D.Babu .. Petitioner
Vs
Prayer in W.P.No.27921 of 2019: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for a writ of certiorarified mandamus to call for the records relating to the second respondent's order made in Na.Ka.No.1496/2019/C2/Therthal dated 20.8.2019, to quash the same and to consequently direct the respondents to re-categorize/re-classify the Ward-59 in Zone-IV from General Category to that of SC.
W.P.No.27922 of 2019: M.Viswanathan .. Petitioner Vs
Prayer in W.P.No.27922 of 2019: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to re-categorize/re-classify the Ward58 in Zone-IV from SC General Category to that of BC.
W.P.No.27925 of 2019: J.Ayubkhan .. Petitioner Vs 1. The District Collector Vellore District at Vellore. 2. The Commissioner Vellore Municipal Corporation Vellore - 1. 3. The Commissioner State Election Commission Inner Ring Road, Jai Nagar Koyambedu, Chennai - 106. .. Respondents
Prayer in W.P.No.27925 of 2019: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to re-categorize/re-classify the Ward43 in Zone-IV from Women General to that of Men.
W.P.No.32067 of 2019:
S.Shankar .. Petitioner Vs
For the Petitioners in : Mr.L.Chandrakumar W.P.Nos.27921, 27922 and 27925 of 2019
For the Petitioner in : Mr.P.Krishnan W.P.No.32067 of 2019
For 1st Respondent in : Mrs.R.Anitha W.P.Nos.27921, 27922 Spl. Government Pleader and 27925 of 2019 for 1st respondent
For 2nd Respondent in : Mr.Silambanan W.P.Nos.27921, 27922 Additional Advocate General and 27925 of 2019 Assisted by Ms.P.Shanthi, Standing Counsel
For 3rd Respondent in : Mr.S.Sivashanmugam W.P.Nos.27921, 27922 Standing Counsel and 27925 of 2019 and for 3rd respondent 2nd respondent in W.P.No.32067 of 2019
For respondents 1, 3 : Mr.Harsha Raj and 4 in W.P.No.32067 Additional Govt. Pleader of 2019
For 5th respondent in : Mr.V.Jayaprakash Narayanan W.P.No.32067 of 2019
COMMON ORDER
(Order of the Court was made by the Hon'ble Acting Chief Justice)
Learned counsel for the petitioners pray for withdrawal of these writ petitions with liberty to challenge the notification relating to reservation of the wards.
Sd/-
Assistant Registrar(CS IX)
//True Copy//
Sub Assistant Registrar
sasi
To:
Municipal Administration and Water Supplies Department Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.
+3ccs to Mr.L.Chandrakumar, Advocate, S.R.No.68057,68058,68059 +1cc to Mr.V.Jayaprakash Narayanan, Advocate, S.R.No.67786 +1cc to the Government Pleader, S.R.No.67987,67988
W.P.Nos.27921, 27922, 27925 and 32067 of 2019
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NSK 22/12/2021
D.Babu
M.Viswanathan
J.Ayubkhan
S.Shankar
The District Collector Vellore District
The Commissioner Vellore Municipal Corporation
Munishwar Nath Bhandari
P.D. Audikesavalu
As recorded by the court registry
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