W.P.(MD) No.24965 of 2018 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 13.02.2025 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.K.R.SHRIRAM, CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE V.LAKSHMINARAYANAN W.P.(MD) No.24965 of 2018 M/s.Thiruverumbur Road Users Welfare Association No.58, Second Street IAS Nagar, Thiruverumbur Tiruchirapalli-620 013 rep.by its Secretary M.Radhakrishnan S/o.Mariappan ... Petitioner -vs- 1.The Chief Engineer (Construction & Maintenance) Highways Department Integrated Chief Engineer's Office HRS Campus, 76, Sardar Patel Road Guindy, Chennai-600 025 2.The Director NHAI, Medical College Road Thanjavur-613 007 3.The District Collector __________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.(MD) No.24965 of 2018 Collector's Office Compound Trichy-620 001 4.The Commissioner Tiruchirapalli City Corporation Bharathidasan Road Cantonment Tiruchirapalli-620 001 5.The Executive Engineer Tiruchirapalli City Corporation Bharathidasan Road Cantonment, Tiruchirapalli-620 001 6.The Assistant Commissioner Tiruchirapalli City Corporation Ponmalai Zone Tiruchirapalli-620 010 7.The Superintendent of Police Office of the Superintendent of Police Subramaniapuram Tiruchirapalli-620 020 8.The Deputy Superintendent of Police Thiruverumbur Tiruchy-Thanjavur Main Road Tiruchirapalli-620 014 ... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to remove the encroachments made __________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.(MD) No.24965 of 2018 in the service roads adjoining National Highway 67 in Thiruverumbur, Tiruchirapalli. For Petitioner : No appearance For Respondents : Mr.R.Baskaran Additional Advocate General assisted by Mr.P.Thilakkumar Government Pleader for R1 & R3 Dr.R.Rajagopal Standing Counsel for R2 Mr.N.S.Karthikeyan Standing Counsel for R4 to R6 Mr.A.Albert James Government Advocate for R7 & R8 O R D E R [Order of the Court was made by The Hon'ble CHIEF JUSTICE] Nobody is present for petitioner. 2. Counsel appearing for second respondent – NHAI tenders a report, dated 05.08.2019, issued by the National Highways Authority of India and signed by one G.Hari Krishna, Project Director, NHAI, PIU-Thanjavur, in which, it is stated that all encroachments have been removed. A copy of the report is taken on record and marked as “X” for identification. For easy reference, the __________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.(MD) No.24965 of 2018 report is also scanned and reproduced below: __________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.(MD) No.24965 of 2018 3. The Statement is accepted. 4. In view thereof, nothing survives in this petition. 5. Writ petition is disposed. There shall be no order as to costs. [K.R.SHRIRAM., C.J.] [V.LAKSHMINARAYANAN, J.] 13.02.2025 NCC : Yes / No Index : Yes / No krk To: __________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.(MD) No.24965 of 2018 1.The Chief Engineer, (Construction & Maintenance), Highways Department, Integrated Chief Engineer's Office, HRS Campus, 76, Sardar Patel Road, Guindy, Chennai-600 025. 2.The District Collector, Collector's Office Compound, Trichy-620 001. 3.The Superintendent of Police, Office of the Superintendent of Police, Subramaniapuram, Tiruchirapalli-620 020. 4.The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Thiruverumbur, Tiruchy-Thanjavur Main Road, Tiruchirapalli-620 014. __________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.(MD) No.24965 of 2018 THE HON'BLE CHIEF JUSTICE and V.LAKSHMINARAYANAN , J. krk W.P.(MD) No.24965 of 2018 13.02.2025 __________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis