S.Mariappan v. The Chief Secretary to Government
Case brief
What is this about?
Illegal river sand mining writ petition; Seevalaperi Revenue Village and Kuppakurichi Revenue Village, Palayamkottai Taluk, Tirunelveli District; sand quarry proceedings M2/2203/2017 dated 27.02.2018 issued by District Collector, Tirunelveli in favour of P.Ravi; quarry not in operation since March 2019; licence cancelled; lease period expired; District Collector proceedings dated 15.02.2021; writ petition dismissed as infructuous; no order as to costs; connected miscellaneous petitions closed; Article 226 Constitution of India; Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus; Madurai Bench of Madras High Court; Judges N.Sathish Kumar and M.Jothiraman; petitioner S.Mariappan; private respondents P.Kumaresan and P.Ravi; Tamirabarani Basin PWD/Water Resources Organization officials among respondents.
What did the court decide?
Recording the submission of the learned Additional Government Pleader that nothing survives for adjudication (quarry not in operation since March 2019, licence cancelled, lease period expired), the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous; there shall be no order as to costs; consequently, the connected Miscellaneous Petitions are closed.