1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 23.12.2011 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE V.RAMASUBRAMANIAN W.P(MD)No.14727 of 2011 and M.P(MD)No.1 of 2011 K.Thulasiammal .. Petitioner Vs. The Superintendent of Police, Tirunelveli District, Tirunelveli. .. Respondent Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records pertaining to the impugned order in C.No.25/Mike/SB/TIN/2011 dated 18.12.2011 on the file of the respondent and quash the same as illegal and consequently to direct the respondent to grant permission to the petitioner to conduct the campaign in a car fitted with public address system bearing Registration No.TN-72-Q-9150 from Tirunelveli Junction to Koodankulam from 9.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. and to conduct meetings enroute at Nanguneri, Valliyoor, Radhapuram and Koodankulam on 26.12.2011 or any other date and pass such further or other orders. For Petitioner : Mr.T.Lajapathi Roy For Respondent : Mr.R.Karthikeyan Addl. Govt. Pleader ORDER The petitioner has come up with the above writ petition challenging the order passed by the respondent refusing to grant permission to the petitioner to hold a campaign in a car fitted with a public address system. 2. Heard Mr.T.Lajapathi Roy, learned counsel for the petitioner. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 3. Mr.R.Karthikeyan, learned Additional Government Pleader submitted that in view of the disturbances in the border, lot of police personnel have been diverted there and that it may be difficult to provide security on 26.12.2011, the date on which the petitioner wants to hold a campaign. 4. The impugned order proceeds on the basis that prevailing law and order situation is not conducive. But that cannot be a ground as held by the Division Bench of this Court in C.J.Rajan, Madurai 2 v. Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mayiladuthurai and Another reported in (2008) 3 MLJ 926. However the practical difficulty expressed by the learned Additional Government Pleader also has to be taken note of. 5. Therefore the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondent to permit the petitioner to hold a campaign, on a date agreeable to the petitioner and to the respondent in the first week of January, 2012. Consequently, connected Miscellaneous Petition is closed. Sd/- Assistant Registrar (AS) /True Copy/ Sub Assistant Registrar To The Superintendent of Police, Tirunelveli District, Tirunelveli. +1 CC to Special Government Pleader (SR.No.46037) +1 CC to Mr.T.Lajapathi Roy, Advocate (SR.No.46061) W.P(MD)No.14727 of 2011 and M.P(MD)No.1 of 2011 23.12.2011 smn NSV/29.12.11/2P/4C https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/