The High Court dismissed a writ petition filed under Article 226 challenging the sale of reserved public purpose lands by a cooperative society. The Court held that no further adjudication was necessary as the third respondent had already handed over playground lands to the Panchayat and sold others pursuant to a Government Order.
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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 02.06.2017 CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KALYANASUNDARAM
W.P.(MD)No.21562 of 2015 and
M.P.(MD)No.1 of 2015
S.Tamilselvan
: Petitioner
-Vs-
Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Opp. to LIC, Chengalvarayan Building, 4th Floor, 807, Anna Salai, Chennai-600 002.
: Respondents
PRAYER : Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, forbearing the third respondent from selling the places reserved as public purposes like Children Play Ground and Park measuring 60,423 Sq. Ft. Children School Area measuring 10,355 sq.ft., shopping complex area measuring 11,373 sq. ft. and community Hall measuring 11,250 sq.ft at Transport Nagar situated in S.Nos.423/1B1, 423/1B2, 423/5B1, 423/5B2, 430/1 and 432, Vani Village, Sakkarakkottai Panchayat, Ramanathapuram Taluk, Ramanathapuram District.
For Petitioner : Mr.A.Arumugam For Respondents 1,2&4 : Mr.M.Alagathevan, Special Government Pleader For Respondent No.3 : Mr.D.Sadiq Raja
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O R D E R
The prayer sought for in the Writ Petition is for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, forbearing the third respondent from selling the places reserved as public purposes like Children Play Ground and Park measuring 60,423 Sq. Ft. Children School Area measuring 10,355 sq.ft., shopping complex area measuring 11,373 sq. ft. and community Hall measuring 11,250 sq.ft at Transport Nagar situated in S.Nos.423/1B1, 423/1B2, 423/5B1, 423/5B2, 430/1 and 432, Vani Village, Sakkarakkottai Panchayat, Ramanathapuram Taluk, Ramanathapuram District.
Sd/-
Assistant Registrar(P&A)
/True Copy/
Sub Assistant Registrar
To
Directorate of Town and Country Planning,
https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ Opp. to LIC, Chengalvarayan Building,
4th Floor, 807, Anna Salai, Chennai-600 002.
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+1cc to M/S.D.Sadiq Raja, Advocate SR.No. 58208 +1cc to Special Government Pleader, SR.No. 58299
Order made in W.P.(MD)No.21562 of 2015
SML
JM/SV/SAR 2/08.06.2017/3P/6C
1 provisions across 1 enactments
S.Tamilselvan
The Director, Directorate of Town and Country Planning
The Registrar of Co-operative Societies, (Housing)
MDA/HSG 47 ... Employees and Public Service Co-operative House Building Society Ltd.
The Executive Officer, Sakkarakkottai Panchayat
K.KALYANASUNDARAM
As recorded by the court registry
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