N.Sampath v. M.Pradeepkumar IAS
Case brief
What is this about?
Alternative statutory remedy; revision under Section 80A Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act 1971; notice under Section 56; unauthorised construction removal; Town Panchayat Tiruchirappalli; maintainability of writ petition Article 226; certiorarified mandamus; building plan approval application; contempt of court; willful disobedience; Contempt of Courts Act 1971 Section 11; interim order; twelve-week enforcement timeline; Madurai Bench; W.P.(MD) No.11743 of 2019; W.M.P.(MD) No.18357 of 2024 impleader.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief; both the writ petition and the contempt petition dismissed with no costs and connected miscellaneous petitions closed. The writ petitioner was granted liberty to prefer a revision under Section 80A of the Act, and the authorities were permitted to continue enforcement and remove the unauthorised construction within twelve weeks in the absence of any interim order by the Government under sub-section (3) to Section 80A.