Writ petition sought quashing of a 2017 Auction Notice issued by the T.R.Pattinam Commune Panchayat for collecting parking fees at Karaikal Port. The auction period had expired about seven years earlier, so the notice no longer survived adjudication and the petition was dismissed.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 08.01.2025
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.KARTHIKEYAN
W.P.No. 7634 of 2017 And
W.M.P.Nos. 8338 & 8339 of 2017
M/s. Karaikal Port Private Limited Represented by its Director Mr.G.R.K. Reddy Keezhavanjoor Village T.R.Pattinam Karaikal – 609 606 ... Petitioner
..Vs..
PRAYER: Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issue of a Writ of Certiorari Mandamus to call for the
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records of the impugned Auction Notice dated 17.03.2017 issued by the second respondent for fee collection for motor vehicles and quash the same and consequently, forbear the second respondent and their men, agents and subordinates from collecting entry fees/parking fees from the vehicles entering into the Karaikal Port area from NH 45A.
For Petitioner :: Mr. Shivakumar For RR 1 & 2 :: Mr. R.Sreedharan Additional Government Pleader
ORDER
The Writ Petition has been filed in the nature of Certiorari Mandamus seeking records relating to the Auction Notice dated 17.03.2017 issued by the second respondent / the Commissioner, Commune Panchayat, Tirumalairayanpattinam, (T.R.Pattinam), Karaikal District, for collection of fees for parking of motor vehicles at Keezhavanjor parking place.
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about 7 years back. If at all an Auction has to be conducted for the parking place, a fresh Auction Notice alone has to be issued. This impugned Auction Notice no longer survives for adjudication.
08.01.2025
vsg Index: Yes/No Internet: Yes/No Speaking / Non Speaking Order
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C.V.KARTHIKEYAN, J.,
vsg
To
W.P.No. 7634 of 2017 And W.M.P.Nos. 8338 & 8339 of 2017
08.01.2025
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the Auction Notice dated 17.03.2017 for collection of vehicle parking/entry fees at Karaikal Port should be quashed and fee collection restrained.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
M/s. Karaikal Port Private Limited (represented by its Director Mr.G.R.K. Reddy)
The Collector, Government of Puducherry
The Commissioner, Commune Panchayat Tiruvamalirayanpattinam (T.R.Pattinam), Karaikal District
C.V.Karthikeyan
As recorded by the court registry
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