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Moorthy Aarts Sokrates v. the Commissioner

Madras HC13 Mar 2026WP/44014/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Madras High Court; W.P.No.44014 of 2025; dismissed as withdrawn; no order as to costs; Article 226 mandamus; hoarding licence 12M x 6M; Greater Chennai Corporation; Zone-14 Ward-183 Thiruvanmiyur; representation dated 09.10.2025; petitioner Moorthy Aarts Sokrates; Coram: Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari, CJ and G. Arul Murugan, J; decided 13.03.2026; no substantive issues adjudicated; no precedents cited.

What did the court decide?

At the request of learned counsel for the petitioner, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn, with no order as to costs. ¶28

Moorthy Aarts Sokrates Vs the Commissioner — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2026)

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W.P.No.44014 of 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED: 13.03.2026

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CORAM :

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THE HONOURABLE MR. SUSHRUT ARVIND DHARMADHIKARI, CHIEF JUSTICE AND

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.ARUL MURUGAN

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W.P.No.44014 of 2025

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Moorthy Aarts Sokrates Rep. by its Partner, Balaji Sakrates, First Floor, Jayalakshmi Complex, Opp. New Bus Stand, Salem-636 004

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Petitioner

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1.The Commissioner Greater Chennai Corporation, Chennai-600 003

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2.The Executive Engineer Town Planning Department, Greater Chennai Corporation, Ripon Buildings, Chennai-600 003

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3.The Assistant Executive Engineer (TP) Greater Chennai Corporation, Town Planning Department, Chennai-600 003

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

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W.P.No.44014 of 2025

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4.The Zonal Officer Zonal Office-XIV, Greater Chennai Corporation, Chennai-600 003

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Respondent(s)

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PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to consider the petitioner’s representation dated 09.10.2025 and consequently direct the respondents to issue hoarding licence to the petitioner for erecting one number 12M x 6M size hoarding at the place situated in Zone - 14, Ward - 183 at No.89, Perunthalaivar Kamaraj Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai - 600 041 based on the approval already granted and licence fee made towards the same.

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For Petitioner: Mr.MA.Gouthaman

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For Respondents: Mr.S.Gopinathan Standing Counsel

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ORDER

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(Order of the Court was made by the Hon'ble Chief Justice)

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Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks leave of the Court to withdraw the writ petition.

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