JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: This Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents 1 and 2 to exempt the petitioner's mill and its hired vehicles from paying toll fee in NH 208 at Kappalur Toll Plaza, Thirumangalam, Madurai District.)

The present writ petition has been filed seeking a writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents 1 and 2 to exempt the petitioner’s mill and its hired vehicles from paying toll fee in NH 208 at Kappalur Toll Plaza, Thirumangalam, Madurai District.

2. According to the petitioner, they are running a flour mill for the past 25 years and the said mill is located very nearer to Kappalur Toll Gate, Thirumangalam, approximately at a distance of 500 meters. According to the petitioner, they are procuring raw materials from North India and shifting them in bags through railway wagons and they are stored at a goods shed in Koodal Nagar. Thereafter, they are shifted to their mill/warehouse through their own lorries and through hired vehicles.

3. According to the petitioner, the lorry is reaching their mill through different roads to Thirupparankundram to their factory without crossing National Highways road.