K.Santhanakrishnan, v. The General Manager,

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 01.12.2023 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE B.PUGALENDHI W.P.(MD) No.23711 of 2018:

1.K.Santhanakrishnan

2.R.Prithivi Raj .. Petitioners Vs. .. Respondents Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the entire records in connection with the impugned order passed by the respondents vide reference No.G41A/BSNL/Tender/HV/2015-2016/62 dated at VGR

25.05.2018, quash the same and consequently direct the respondents to revise the rates by enhancing the monthly charges per 1000km/month and for the excess Km after the 1000 Km per month in respect of Virudhunagar Region from January 2017 onwards and pay the arrears till date within the time frame fixed by this Court. W.P.(MD) No.23712 of 2018: K.Jeyaraman .. Petitioner Vs. .. Respondents Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the entire records in connection with the impugned order passed by the respondents vide reference No.G41A/BSNL/Tender/HV/2015-2016/66 dated at VGR

17.09.2018, quash the same and consequently direct the respondents to revise the rates by enhancing the monthly charges per 1000 km/month and for the excess Km after the 1000 Km per month in respect of Virudhunagar Region from January 2017 onwards and pay the arrears till date within the time frame fixed by this Court. In both cases: For Petitioners : Mr.M.Sakthi Kumar For R2 : Mr.D.Shanmuga Rajasethupathy For R1 : No appearance COMMON ORDER These Writ Petitions have been filed challenging the impugned orders passed by the respondents dated 25.05.2018 and 17.09.2018 respectively, rejecting the request of the petitioners for revising the monthly hiring charges at the time of tender.

¶2Today, when the matters are taken up for hearing, the learned counsel appearing on either side submitted that the period of contract given to the petitioners was over and therefore, nothing survives for adjudication in these Writ Petitions.

¶3In view of the submission made by the learned counsel appearing on either side, these Writ Petitions are closed. There shall be no order as to costs.

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