JUDGMENT :

1. The captioned 41 main writ petitions pertain to tenders floated by Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited [TASMAC] pertaining to bars attached to various TASMAC retail outlets and more particularly for collection of empty bottles and for sale of eatables.

2. This Court is informed that the aforementioned tenders qua bars attached to TASMAC retail outlets have been published in all the 38 revenue districts in the State.

3. Inter alia the main issue in the captioned matters is No Objection Certificates from owners of the bar premises attached to TASMAC retail shops and award of contract / issue of license to persons who allegedly do not possess such No Objection Certificates. This Court refrains itself from expressing any opinion or view on this owing to the obtaining position which is set out infra.

4. This Court is informed that several writ petitions [atleast 22 writ petitions] have been moved by different individual bidders before the Principal Seat and the same is being heard out by a Hon'ble Single Judge in the Principal Seat.

5. Proceedings made by Hon'ble Single Judge in the Principal Seat in aforementioned 22 writ petitions in the listing on 22.12.2021 as pl