ORDER :

Mr. N.KIRUBAKARAN.J.,

The speeding car did not stop inspite of the signal from the police to stop the vehicle. The police chased the car in which an advocate sticker was pasted. Finally, the car was blocked. The search made by the police yielded heavy quantity of Ganja and one of the revenue officials was also seated in the vehicle. It happened two to three years ago in Theni. That is how the vehicles having party flags, portraits of leaders, advocate and press stickers are said to be involved in criminal activities. The purpose of having party flags or designation boards or portraits of party/communal leaders or advocate/press stickers is only to keep away the police from stopping the vehicle even in case of violation of road rules. It has become an order of the day in Tamil Nadu that almost 50% of the vehicles either have party flags or designation boards or portraits of party/communal leaders or advocate/press stickers. This menace has to be addressed failing which the criminal activities will continue to be committed by the above modus operandi.

2. This case has been filed as a Public Interest Litigation at the right time seeking a writ of mandamus directing the respondent