(1.) Mr.G.Vijayakumar, a practicing lawyer, has filed the instant writ petition for a mandamus, to direct the Director General (Personnel), Railway Board, Ministry of Railways, Government of India, New Delhi, the Central Bureau of Investigation, represented by its Director, New Delhi, the Central Vigilance Commissioner, Central Central Vigilance Commission, New Delhi, the Commissioner of Railway Safety, (Southern Circle), Bangalore, the Joint Director, Central Bureau of Investigation, Chennai, respondents 1 to 5 respectively and other respondents, to appoint an independent enquiry officer to conduct an investigation into the illegalities, corruption and malpractices took place in the proposed third line (track) between Tambaram and Chengalpattu-BG, based on his representation dated 14.02.2019. He has averred as follows:
(2.) Inviting the attention of this Court to the photographs enclosed at pages 16 to 19 of the typed set of papers, Mr.Karthik, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that substandard boulders and debris are dumped in the site. He made vehement submissions on the averments made.
(3.) Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the work entrusted to the 9th respondent was only earth work, but the 9th respondent is doing blanketing the banks from Tambaram to Chengalpet BG, and that there is no valid contract. It is also the contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner that the continuation of earth work is beyond the period prescribed in the contract, and therefore, there is no authority for the 9th respondent to continue.