A. Nagaraj v. Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu, Department of Municipal & Local Administration Chennai
2015-02-13
B.RAJENDRAN
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Judgment 1. This writ petition is filed to quash the impugned proceedings dated 07.10.2014 on the ground that the police has no authority at all to stop the vehicular movement in the four-roads of the Rameswaram Temple, and it affects their business right. The petitioner states that he is having a lodge and having his business around the temple in Rameswaram. He also states that there are several lodges located around the temple, and in view of the stoppage of vehicular movement by the police, the right to conduct the business is lost and therefore, he contends that the blanket order restricting the vehicles, should not be there. 2. The learned Additional Government Pleader, on instructions from the concerned Sub-Inspector of Police, would contend that, earlier a writ petition was filed before this Court in which the petitioners therein restricted their prayer only to consider their representation, viz. to permit the vehicle to come and drop the yathrigars in the respective places and go back to the place of stoppage, and as per the order passed by this Court, a Peace Committee Meeting was conducted along with all the representatives, and that the petitioner's representation was also considered and a solution was arrived at taking into consideration the threat of the temple and the huge crowd coming from different places. He also submitted that in the Peace Committee Meeting, it was only decided to recommend certain aspects and those recommendations cannot be questioned here, when the petitioner himself had participated in the Peace Committee Meeting. 3. Heard the learned counsel appearing on either side. 4. At the outset, this writ petition as such, is not maintainable, because the petitioner's earlier representation was directed to be considered by this Court and the police, in tune with the said order, called for a joint Peace Committee Meeting and all the representatives have participated in the meeting and have arrived at a consensus idea. The Police have already taken into consideration the main grievance, ie., threat to the temple, and in order to provide security to the temple which is of paramount importance, have made some suggestions in the meeting, as under: “TAMIL” 5. In view of the above, nothing survives in this writ petition for consideration. However, this Court can only say that proper steps have to be taken as per the recommendations made in the Peace Committee Meeting.
In view of the above, nothing survives in this writ petition for consideration. However, this Court can only say that proper steps have to be taken as per the recommendations made in the Peace Committee Meeting. Accordingly, the authorities are directed to take proper steps as per the recommendations made in the Peace Committee Meeting, as expeditiously as possible. 6. With the above direction, this writ petition is disposed of. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petitions are closed. No costs.