P.Ramamoorthy v. Ponnambalam
Case brief
What is this about?
Substitution of legal heirs of a deceased respondent in a pending appeal; CMP No.17686 of 2022 in S.A.No.2284 of 2004 (Madras High Court, T.V.Thamilselvi J., 10.03.2025). Parties include P.Ramamoorthy of Arulmigu Sri Puthulayee Mariamman Temple versus Union of India, Pondicherry officials (Chief Secretary, Director and Inspector of Survey, Settlement and Land Records, Tahsildar), Arulmigu Shri Pooncholai Mariamman Temple, and private respondents, several of whom are recorded as dead. Order passed on the strength of the supporting affidavit after hearing M/s.P.Veenasuresh for the petitioner. Useful only as an instance of the procedural practice of bringing legal heirs on record for a deceased party in an ongoing appeal; contains no ruling on substantive law.
What did the court decide?
Petition ordered: the persons proposed as legal heirs of the deceased 13th Respondent are permitted to be brought on record and ranked as 20th to 22nd Respondents in S.A.No.2284 of 2004.