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K.Peter Chelladurai v. The Director

Madras HC10 Jun 2025CMP(MD)/504/2025

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What is this about?

Madras High Court Madurai Bench; CMP(MD) No.504 of 2025; in WA(MD) No.1433 of 2024; K.Peter Chelladurai; quarry e-auction; S.F.No.337(P) Thennampatti Village Vedasandur Taluk Dindigul District; bonded labourers lease extension; feasibility study further quarrying cannot be permitted; policy realm of department; writ court cannot force Government to conduct quarry auction; Section 151 Civil Procedure Code; Clause 15 Letters Patent; Article 226; Additional Government Pleader stand recorded; CMP dismissed 10.06.2025.

What did the court decide?

Whether further quarrying can be permitted falls within the policy realm of the department; these are matters for the department, not for judicial compulsion. ¶26

K.Peter Chelladurai Vs The Director — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2025)

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CMP(MD). No.504 of 2025

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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

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Civil Appellate Jurisdiction

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Tuesday, the Tenth day of June Two Thousand and Twenty Five

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PRESENT

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THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE G.R.SWAMINATHAN AND

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THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K. RAJASEKAR

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CMP(MD). No.504 of 2025 in WA(MD)No.1433 of 2024

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K.Peter Chelladurai ... Petitioner/Appellant

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1 The Director, Department of Geology and Mining Guindy, Chennai 600 032. 2 The District Collector, Dindigul District. ... Respondents/Respondents

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Prayer in CMP(MD). No.504 of 2025:-

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Civil Miscellaneous Petition filed under Section 151 of Civil Proedure Code, to direct the Respondents herein to conduct the e-auction in respect of the Quarry S.F.No.337(P) Thennampatti Village, Vedasandur Taluk, Dindigul District as per the order passed in WA(MD). No.1433 of 2024 dated 03.09.2024.

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https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

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CMP(MD). No.504 of 2025

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Prayer in WA(MD)No. 1433/ 2024 :-

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Writ Appeal filed under Clause 15 of Letters Patent, praying to prefer this Memorandum of Grounds of Writ Appeal against the order passed by this Hon'ble Court in WP(MD). No.2210 of 2022 dated 15.09.2023.

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Prayer in WP(MD)No. 2210/ 2022 :

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Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court to issue a Writ of Mandamus or directing the 2nd respondent to extend the lease already granted for the welfare of the released bonded labourers of quarry vide registered lease Document No.77 of 2017 and to direct the 2nd respondent pass an order to extend the previous order passed in ROC No.261/2015 (Mines) dated 10.01.2017 based on the petitioner`s representation dated 15.11.2021.

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ORDER:- This Civil Miscellaneous Petition coming on for orders on this day and upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Mr.C. Sundaravadivel, Advocate for the Petitioner and of Mr.N.Satheesh Kumar, Additional Government Pleader for the Respondents, this Court made the following order:

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The Writ Appeal filed by the petitioner herein was disposed of on 03.09.2024 after recording the stand of the authorities that e-auction will be conducted. This Civil Miscellaneous Petition has been filed to compel the authorities to abide by the said stand.

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https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

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CMP(MD). No.504 of 2025

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2.Today, when the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned Additional Government Pleader submitted that the District Administration after conducting a feasibility study came to the conclusion that further quarrying cannot be permitted in the petition mentioned site. These are matters which fall within the policy realm of the department. It is not open to the writ Court to force the Government to conduct any auction for quarrying activities.

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3.Recording the stand of the respondents, this Civil Miscellaneous Petition

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stands dismissed.

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Sd/-

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Assistant Registrar (CS – I)

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// True Copy //

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/2025 Sub Assistant Registrar (CS – I/ II / III /IV) Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.