(Order of the Court was made by the Acting Chief Justice) The petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking issuance of a writ of mandamus directing respondents 1 to 4 to remove all sort of encroachments made over the service road of Madras Oil Refinery 200 feet road and Subramania Nagar approved layout roads.
2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the respondents.
3. The learned counsel for respondent No.8 submits that the 200 feet road in question belongs to respondent No.4 and respondent No.4 is the competent authority to remove the encroachments.
4. The learned counsel for the Corporation, on instruction submits that Madras Oil Refinery 200 feet road was maintained by the State Highways Department and the State Highways Department is the competent authority to take action against the encroachers.
5. We, thus, call upon respondent No.4 to cause an inspection to be made of the site within fifteen days of the receipt of the copy of this order and any encroachment found would be removed in accordance with law within a maximum period of two months thereafter.
6. The writ petition, accordingly, stands disposed of. No costs. Consequently, W.M.P.No.4285 of 2017 is closed.
(H.G.R., ACJ.) (T.K.R., J.) 21.03.2017 Index : No Internet : Yes bbr To:
1 The Commissioner Corporation of Chennai Rippon Buildings, Chennai-600003.
2 The Executive Engineer Zone-1 Corporation of Chennai Ward No.VI, Thiruvottiyur Zone, No.945/ 276 T.H.Road Thiruvottiyur, Chennai-600 019 3 The Member Secretary Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority Thalamuthu Natarajan Maligai, Egmore, Chennai-600 008. 4 The Superintending Engineer State High Ways High Ways Department, Teynampet, Chennai-600 018.
5 The Superintending Engineer Tamilnadu Electricity Board Mount Road, Chennai-600 002.
6 The Project Director, National Highways Authority of India, No.1/54-28, Butt Road, Sri Tower, SP Industrial Area, St. Thomas Mount, Chennai 16 HULUVADI G.RAMESH,ACJ. AND RMT.TEEKAA RAMAN bbr W.P.No.4137 of 2017 21.03.2017 http://www.judis.nic.in