This petition challenged failure to retrieve temple lands. The Court disposed of the petition upon receiving a report that the specific encroached lands were inspected, found vacant, and cleared from encroachment.
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W.P.No.3076 of 2018
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 21.07.2023
CORAM :
THE HON'BLE MR.SANJAY V.GANGAPURWALA, CHIEF JUSTICE
AND
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE P.D.AUDIKESAVALU
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S.B.Gandhi
.. Petitioner
Vs.
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Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of mandamus, directing the fourth respondent to take suitable action to retrieve the temple lands comprised in S.No.550/7 to the extent of Acre 1.42 cents and S.No.558/1 to the extent of Acre 1.41 cents of Ponneri – II Village (Venbakkam), Ponneri Taluk, Tiruvallur District, originally inam granted in the names of “Kummangalam Sri Agateeswara Swamy” and “Watershed Devadayam” under T.D.No.1 and T.D.No.622 respectively as per the report of the Inspector of HR&CE, Ponneri range in his Rc.No.109/2016 Pon, dated 6.9.2016.
For the Petitioner : Mr.S.Udhayakumar
Mr.K.Karthikeyan Government Advocate for R4 & R5
No appearance for R6
ORDER
(Made by the Hon'ble Chief Justice)
Heard Mr.S.Udhayakumar, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr.Karthick Jagannath, learned Government Advocate for respondents 1 to 3 and Mr.K.Karthikeyan, learned Government Advocate for respondents 4 & 5.
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(S.V.G., CJ.) (P.D.A., J.) 21.07.2023 Index : Yes/No Neutral Citation : Yes/No
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THE HON'BLE CHIEF JUSTICE AND P.D.AUDIKESAVALU, J.
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the writ petition should be disposed of on the report that temple lands were found vacant and free from encroachment.
S.B. Gandhi
The District Collector Tiruvallur District
The Revenue Divisional Officer Ponneri
The Tahsildar Ponneri Taluk
The Joint Commissioner Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments Department
P.Bhakthavachalam
Sanjay V. Gangapurwala
P.D. Audikeshavalu
As recorded by the court registry
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