IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 02.02.2022

CORAM :

THE HON'BLE MR.MUNISHWAR NATH BHANDARI,

ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE,

THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE N.SATHISH KUMAR

AND

THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE P.D.AUDIKESAVALU

W.P.No.10614 of 2017

V.Meganathan

... Petitioner

vs

1.Chief Secretary,

Government of Tamil Nadu,

Secretariat, Fort St. George,

Chennai - 600 009.

2.Principal Secretary to Government,

Environment & Forest Department,

Government of Tamil Nadu,

Secretariat, Fort St. George,

Chennai - 600 009.

3.The District Collector,

Kancheepuram District,

Kancheepuram.

4.The Chief Wildlife Warden,

Guindy Childrens Park,

Raj Bhavan Post,

Chennai-600 022.

5.The Director,

Indian Institute of Technology,

Besides Adyar Cancer Institute,

Sardar Patel Road, Adyar,

Chennai - 600 036.

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6.The Dreem World Foundation,

rep. by its Finance Trustee S.Mohamed Yusuf Ali,

No.3/64, Athiyuthu,

Ramanathpuram Taluk and District.

... Respondents

(Respondent No.6 impleaded as per the order

dated 11.05.2017 in WMP.No.13238 of 2017)

Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of

India praying for a writ of mandamus directing the first

respondent to constitute a committee of experts to study the

alleged ill effects of Prosopis Juliflorais in the State of

Tamil Nadu and submit a report to this Court.

For the Petitioner

: Mr.S.Sathyan

For the Respondents : Mr.S.Silambannan

Addl. Advocate General

assisted by

Dr.T.Seenivasan

Spl. G.P. (Forest)

for respondent Nos.1 to 4

: Mr.Manoj Menon

for M/s.Menon Karthik

Mukundan

and Neelakandan

for respondent No.5

: Mr.P.Vijendran

for respondent No.6

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by

the Hon'ble Acting Chief Justice)

Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, on

instructions, submitted that he is not pressing the writ

petition.

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2. In view of the above, the writ petition is dismissed as

not pressed. No costs. Consequently, W.M.P.No.11553 of 2017 is

closed.

SD/-

ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

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SUB ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

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To:

1.The Chief Secretary,

Government of Tamil Nadu,

Secretariat, Fort St. George,

Chennai - 600 009.

2.The Principal Secretary to Government,

Environment & Forest Department,

Government of Tamil Nadu,

Secretariat, Fort St. George,

Chennai - 600 009.

3.The District Collector,

Kancheepuram District,

Kancheepuram.

4.The Chief Wildlife Warden,

Guindy Childrens Park,

Raj Bhavan Post,

Chennai-600 022.

5.The Director,

Indian Institute of Technology,

Besides Adyar Cancer Institute,

Sardar Patel Road, Adyar,

Chennai - 600 036.

W.P.No.10614 of 2017

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