Advocates:
['L S M HASAN FIZAL', '', 'S K Kannadasan', 'J STANLIN', 'M Simon Jeyakumar', 'M/S S R SUNDAR', 'A S SUBRAMANIAN', 'P SURESH', 'S P MANO BHARATH', 'P STEPHEN RAJ', 'ANILA R']

W.P.No.31656 of 2019

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 11.11.2022

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE C.SARAVANAN

W.P.No.31656 of 2019

and

W.M.P.No.31865 of 2019

V.Dharmalingam

... Petitioner

Vs.

1. The State of Tamil Nadu,

Represented by its, Secretary to Government,

Agriculture Department,

Secretariat,

Fort St.George,

Chennai – 600 009.

2. The District Collector,

Nagapattinam District.

3. Z.A.114, Primary Agricultural Co-operative Bank,

Represented by its Secretary,

Kanganachery,

Nagapattinam.

4. The New India Assurance Company Ltd.,

Nagapattinam Branch,

ASN Colony,

Melakottaivasal,

Nagapattinam.

... Respondents

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Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, for

issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the Respondents, more particularly

the third and fourth respondents, to disburse the eligible compensation under

the Prime Minister's Crop Insurance Scheme for 2018 to 2019 and for

subsequent years to the Petitioner and the members of the third respondent of

Virkudi & Kanganachery Revenue Village.

For Petitioner

: Mr.D.Prasanna Kumar

for Mr.J.Stalin

For Respondents

:

For R1

: Mr.T.Arun Kumar

Additional Government Pleader

For R2

: Mr.N.Naveen Kumar

Government Advocate

For R3

: Mr.T.N.C.Kaushik

Additional Government Pleader

For R4

: Mr.S.R.Sundar

ORDER

The writ petition has been filed by the petitioner to direct the

respondents, particularly the Respondent No.3 and 4 to disburse the eligible

compensation to the petitioner under the Prime Minister's Crop Insurance

Scheme for 2018 - 2019 and for subsequent years to the petitioner and the

members of the third respondent society of the Virkudi & Kanganachery

Revenue Village.

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2. The case of the petitioner is that the petitioner had sent a

representation to the third respondent on 20.09.2018, by stating that

compensation under the aforesaid scheme has not been released by the fourth

respondent, for the crop loss suffered in the village where the petitioner has his

agricultural land. Whereas, payments were being released for four other

villages. The relevant portion of the communication dated 20.09.2019, of the

petitioner reads as under:

Iah.

“

bghUs; : ,rl;/V/114 bjhlf;f ntshz;ik Tl;Lwt[

t';fp 2018-2019 f';fshQ;nrhp gaph; fhg;gPL bjhif

tH';Fjy; rhh;ghf/

ehd; nkw;go tpw;Fo Cuhl;rp fpuhk';fspy; tptrhaj;

jiytuhf cs;nsd;/ jh';fs; ,rl;/V/114 bjhlf;f

ntshz;ik Tl;Lwt[ t';fpapy; jpUkUfy; xd;wpaj;jpy;

butpdpa{ fpuhk';fspy; MW fpuhk';fs; j';fspd;

fl;Lg;ghl;oy; cs;sJ/ tptrha fld; kw;Wk; gaph;

fhg;gPL bra;J cWg;gpdh;fshf cs;sdh;/ jw;bghGJ

t';fpf;F gaph; fhg;gPL bjhif te;Js;sJ/ eh';fs;

tprhhpj;j tifapy; MW butpdpa{ fpuhk';fspy; ehd;F

butpdpa{ fpuhk';fSf;F kl;Lk; gaph;fhg;gPL bjhif

te;Js;sjhft[k;. tpw;Fo kw;Wk; f';fshQ;nrhp butpdpa{

fpuhkj;jpw;F gaph; fhg;gPLbjhif tutpy;iy vd;W

jfty; bjhpfpwJ/

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tptrha;fs; rhh;ghf ,J rk;ke;jkhf nfhh;l;il mZfp

nky;eltof;if vLf;f ,Ug;gjhy; eltof;if cj;jut[

tUk;tiu kw;w butpdpa{ fpuhk';fSf;F gaph; fhg;gPL

bjhif tH';fhky; ,Uf;f epWj;jp itj;jpl ntz;Lkha;

tptrhapfs; rhh;ghf nfl;Lf; bfhs;fpnwhk;/

j';fs; cz;ika[s;s”

3. The third and fourth respondent are duty bound to pay compensation

to farmers under the aforesaid scheme for loss suffered, if they meet the

criteria under the scheme.

4. It is submitted that after receiving the application from the petitioner,

the second respondent directed the subordinates to make a field inspection and

after a field inspection was carried out, a report was submitted to the second

respondent on 05.12.2018 and 10.03.2019.

5. It is further submitted that in terms of