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Prasanna v. the State Rep by

Madras HC15 Sept 2025WP/34868/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Writ of Mandamus; Article 226 Constitution of India; unauthorised canteen; Government Medical College and Hospital Tiruvannamalai; canteen licence Na.Ka.No.4320/Thi(ma)va/2017 dated 12.03.2024; representations dated 14.08.2025 and 16.08.2025; eviction of unauthorised canteens; disposed at admission stage by consent; petition closed as nothing survives for adjudication; no costs; District Collector Tiruvannamalai; Dean Government Medical College Hospital; Executive Engineer PWD Tiruvannamalai; single judge M. Dhandapani.

What did the court decide?

No substantive relief; by consent the writ petition was disposed of at the admission stage and closed, recording the Government Advocate's submission that all unauthorised canteens had been evicted, as nothing survived for adjudication; no costs. ¶22

Prasanna Vs the State Rep by — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2025)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED: 15-09-2025

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CORAM

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THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE M.DHANDAPANI

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PRASANNA

Petitioner(s)

The State Rep By The District Collector, O/o. District Collector, Tiruvannamalai District

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2.The Dean Government Medical College And Hospital, Tiruvannamalai , Tiruvannamalai District

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3.The Executive Engineer Public Works Department, Tiruvannamalai Division, Tiruvannamalai District

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Respondent(s)

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PRAYER

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Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to take action for not permitting other canteen except petitioner's canteen to serve food in the premises of Government Medical College and Hospital Tiruvannamalai based on the license granted to him vide proceedings bearing No. Na.Ka.En. 4320/ Thi (Ma) Va/ 2017 dated 12.03.2024 pursuant to his representation dated 14.08.2025 and 16.08.2025

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For Petitioner(s): Mr.R.Thirumoorthy

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For Respondents: Mr.E.Sundaram for R1 to R3 Government Advocate

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O R D E R

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By consent of the either parties, the writ petition is disposed at the admission stage itself.

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This petition has been filed seeking to issue a direction to the respondents to take action for permitting the unauthorised canteen for serving food in the premises of Government Medical College and Hospital Tiruvannamalai based on the representation dated 14.08.2025 and 16.08.2025.

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It is the case of the petitioner that the petitioner is an authorised license holder for running a canteen vide Na.Ka.No.4320/Thi(ma)va/2017 dated 12.03.2024 in the respondent-hospital, however, without license, an unauthorised canteen has been permitted to run in the said hospital. Hence a detailed representation has been given on 14.08.2025 and 16.08.2025, however, the same has not been considered, hence the present writ petition.

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Per contra, on instructions, the learned Government Advocate appearing for the respondents 1 to 3 submits that all the unauthorised canteens available in the Government Medical College & Hospital, Tiruvannamalai were evicted.

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