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Hon'ble Judges:

PARESH UPADHYAY
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K. Sankaraman

High Court fines petitioner with Rs.50,000/-, for filing PIL against holding GST & Customs (CBIC) conferences in 7 star hotels.

Court observed that this PIL is not in public interest and fined petitioner with dismissal of application.

Petitioner:

This petition is styled as public interest litigation. The averments in the petition read as under:-

I submit that I am rendering service to the Society by organizing Blood Donation camps and other Medical Camps in various District of Tamil Nadu and I my self had donated blood for more than 150 times. 

Last week, I happened to book rooms for organizing a social event at Mahabalipuram, Chennai in Taj fisherman's cove with an intention to bring in delegates from medical profession for conducting a seminar on organ donation and donation of Eyes and body after death and noticed that on 26.04.2022, rooms and hall had been booked for a two days event in the name of SANKALP – ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF CUSTOMS AND GST conducted by the department of revenue, central board of indirect taxes and customs.

Having developed curiosity over the event I sought for details from the officials concerned and received an itinerary and it is quite evident from the itinerary that a huge sum of money in crores is being paid to the private hotel out of the exchequer in conducting this event which is a part of the revenue collected from the citizens of India.

It is quiet disturbing to how such conferences and meetings are allowed to be conducted in a private institution and star hotels who charge heavily and the Government officials who are supposed to accelerate and increase the revenue collection and help the nation building without considering about the expenditure had to choose the venue in a private premises especially a 7 star rated hotel by paying huge rent when there are government buildings and premises specially constructed and ready to hold such conferences and meetings like the Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi, Rail bhavan and other Trade Center buildings in every state so that the rent is paid directly to the government so that the money collected from the public will be stopped from being channelized to a private organization.

Further it is learnt that most of the officials are arriving from Delhi and the necessity to conduct a conference in Chennai would only end up in liquidation of public fund.

Therefore it is prayed that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to pass an order of injunction restraining the 3rd respondent from conducting the SANKALP – Annual Conference of Customs and GST, at Taj Fisherman's Cove, Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu on 5th and 6th of May, 2022, pending disposal of the main writ petition.”

Held:

Learned advocate for the petitioner has taken this Court extensively through each averment in the petition and representation at page 17. Photographs are also annexed at Page Nos. 18 to 21 which are claimed to be downloaded from the website projecting it to be of Vigyan Bhawan at New Delhi to contend how better it would be, if such conference is held at Vigyan Bhawan, where there will be hardly any cost since it is Government property.

Grievance is also made that, if ultimately the conference of the officers of the Central Government is to be held, why should it be held in the State of Tamil Nadu, since it would incur huge expenses. 

On over all consideration we find that, this petition, even remotely can not be said to be in public interest. On the contrary, it is against the interest of the citizen of our State, which has ultimately brought only disrepute to us, by such petition and further it may be perceived as an adversity on the Central / State relationship as well. For all these reasons we find that, such attempts need to be nipped in the bud. This petition therefore needs to be dismissed and further that the said dismissal has to be with costs.

This writ petition is dismissed, with cost.

Cost of Rs.50,000/- Imposed on the petitioner.


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