JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed Under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of Writ of Certiorarified Mandumus calling for the records of the first respondent in G.O.Ms.No.16 dated 11.01.2011 and quash the same insofar as it pertains to the petitioner and to forbear the respondents from interfering with the petitioner's fishery right in respect of the Water Tank situated in Siruvalayam Village, Arakkonam Taluk, Vellore District.)

The writ on hand is filed questioning the validity of the order passed by the first respondent in G.O.Ms.No.16 dated 11.01.2011 to conduct public auction in respect of fishing rights in Eri.

2. The petitioner states that he is the co-owner of the fishery rights pertaining to the tank situated at Siruvalayam Village, Arakkonam Taluk, Vellore District. The predecessors in title of the petitioner obtained the fishing rights on 26.11.1916 from the Special Settlement Officer. The petitioner states that as per the said order, the family of the petitioner are vested with the fishing rights and they continued to do so. While so, the first and second respondents are now initiating steps to conduct public auction to grant fishing rights