WP No. 4219 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 06-11-2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE M.DHANDAPANI WP No. 4219 of 2024 & WMP.Nos.4530, 4531 & 4532 of 2024 A.Ilangovan Partner, M/s.Durai Ariraman & Sons, No.3, I Cross, Thiagar Nagar, Pondicherry-605 009 Petitioner(s) Vs 1.The Secretary, Public Works Department, Secretariat, Puducherry. 2.The Chief Engineer Public Works Department, Puducherry. 3.The Superintending Engineer, Circle-II, Public Works Department, Puducherry. 4.The Executive Engineer Public Health Division, Public Works Department, Puducherry. Respondent(s) https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 4219 of 2024 PRAYER This Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking for a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the records of 4th respondent and to quash Clause 4 of the Special Condition of Contract for Sewer Line Maintenance, in Notice Inviting tender in e-Tender No.48/PHD/ 2023-2024 dated 06.02.2024 uploaded in the official website of the respondents on 09.02.2024 permitting only the owners of the Vehicle Mounted with Jetting and Suction units as tenderers (excluding / denying such opportunity as tenderers to the Hirers / Lease holders of Vehicle Mounted with Jetting and Suction units) as arbitrary and illegal, consequently, direct the 1st to 4th respondents to include a Clause in the Tender Document in E-Tender No.48/PHD/ 2023-2024 dated 06.02.2024 permitting both the owners and hirers / lease holders of the Vehicle Mounted with Jetting and Suction units on production of documents to that effects namely, Lease Agreement, R.C. Book of the owner / lease holders of the vehicle and to entertain the petitioners bid document to participate in the above tender namely, attending and Rectifying blockages in the existing urban sewerage system and sewer lines of Puducherry Town and fringes for the period from May, 2024 to April 2025. For Petitioner(s): Mr.M.Erajasimhan For Respondent(s): Mr.Ramasamy Meyyappan, Government Advocate (P) ORDER When the matter is taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the prayer sought for in the present Writ Petition has become infructuous and to that effect, he has made an endorsement in the bundle. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 4219 of 2024 2. Recording the above submission and endorsement made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, this writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No costs. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petitions are closed. 06-11-2025 Index:Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order Internet:Yes Neutral Citation:Yes/No https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 4219 of 2024 To 1.The Secretary, Public Works Department, Secretariat, Puducherry. 2.The Chief Engineer Public Works Department, Puducherry. 3.The Superintending Engineer, Circle-II, Public Works Department, Puducherry. 4.The Executive Engineer Public Health Division, Public Works Department, Puducherry. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 4219 of 2024 M.DHANDAPANI J. Tsg WP No. 4219 of 2024 06-11-2025 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis