Hon'ble Madras High Court held no further orders required as the underlying enquiry was already conducted by the Authorized Officer and a report forwarded; petition hence closed.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
WP(MD)No.23152 of 2021
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
DATED : 23.11.2023
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.ANAND VENKATESH
W.P.(MD)No.23152 of 2021
1.A.Abdul Samad
4.Navaneethan
...Petitioners
/Vs./
...Respondents
PRAYER:- Petition - filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the 1st respondent herein to conduct enquiry as against the 2 to 9 respondents as per the order of Land Commissioner, Chennai in his proceedings D1/R.P. 1/2018 (L.Ref.) dated
1/4
WP(MD)No.23152 of 2021
10.02.2020 within a time to be fixed by this Court by affording an opportunity to the petitioners also to participate in the said enquiry.
For Petitioners : Mr.P.Vairava Sundaram For Respondents : Ms.D.Farjana Ghoushia (R1) Special Government Pleader Mr.Antony Arulraj (R2) No appearance (R3 to R9)
ORDER
This writ petition has been filed for a direction to the first respondent to conduct enquiry against the respondents 2 to 9 as per the orders of the Land Commissioner, Chennai, through proceedings dated 10.02.2020 after affording an opportunity to the petitioners.
2. When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel
appearing for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners 1 and 4 died during the pendency of this writ petition.
3. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioners as well as the learned counsel appearing for the second respondent submitted that during the pendency of this writ petition, the enquiry was already conducted by the first
2/4
WP(MD)No.23152 of 2021
respondent after affording opportunity to all the parties. A report dated 03.10.2023 has also been forwarded to the Land Commissioner, Chennai. A
copy of the same was also placed before this Court.
4. In the light of the above development, no further orders are required to be passed in this writ petition. Accordingly, this writ petition is closed. No costs.
23.11.2023
NCC : Yes/No Internet :Yes/No Index :Yes/No
TO:-
1.The District Collector, Thanjavur.
3.The Thasildar, Taluk Office, Thanjavur.
3/4
WP(MD)No.23152 of 2021
N.ANAND VENKATESH, J.
sm
Order made in W.P.(MD)No.23152 of 2021
Dated: 23.11.2023
4/4
1.A. Abdul Samad & Ors.
The District Revenue Officer (Authorized Officer), District Collectorate Office, Madurai
Kasturi Bai
Munisamy
Pandi Lakshmi
Mahalakshmi
N. Anand Venkatesh
As recorded by the court registry
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
