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Meenachi v. The District Collector

Madras HC5 Aug 2025WA/1756/2025

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What is this about?

Writ appeal dismissed; Madras High Court; W.A.No. 1756 of 2025; neutral citation 2025:MHC:1872; decision dated 05.08.2025; Clause 15 Letters Patent appeal against order dated 30.01.2025 in W.P.No. 36721 of 2024; relegation to statutory appeal before District Revenue Officer (DRO) with time-frame directions; Zonal Deputy Tahsildar order dated 22.02.2023; statutory appeal before RDO pending writ petition ('riding two horses simultaneously'); Coimbatore North revenue authorities (District Collector, District Revenue Officer, RDO, Tahsildar, Zonal Deputy Tahsildar); Airport Expansion, Coimbatore; no order as to costs; no cases cited.

What did the court decide?

This Court finds no justification whatsoever for the present writ appeal. ¶31

Meenachi Vs The District Collector — Madras HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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2025:MHC:1872

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W.A.No.1756 of 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED: 05.08.2025

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CORAM :

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THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE ANITA SUMANTH and

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.SENTHILKUMAR

W.A.No. 1756 of 2025

1.Meenachi

2.K.R.Palanisamy

.. Appellants

1.The District Collector, Collectorate Building, Coimbatore – 641 018.

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2.The District Revenue Officer, Collectorate Building, Coimbatore – 641 018.

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3.The District Revenue Officer (Special), Airport Expansion, District Collector Office, Coimbatore – 641 018.

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4.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Coimbatore North,

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Revenue Division, Coimbatore.

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5.The Tahsildar, Taluk Office, Coimbatore North, Coimbatore – 641 029.

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6.The Zonal Deputy Tahsildar,

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Coimbatore North, Coimbatore – 641 029.

7.Premkumar

8.Duraisamy

9.Thirumoorthy

10.Kandhamani .. Respondents

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Prayer : Appeal filed under Clause 15 of Letters Patent against order dated 30.01.2025 made in W.P.No. 36721 of 2024.

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For Appellant : Mr.Ravindran Venkatachalapathy For Respondents : Mr.A.Selvendran, Special Government Pleader for R1 to R6 Mr.P.Rajendran for Mr.P.Shrisanthaji for R7 to R10

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JUDGMENT (Delivered by Dr. ANITA SUMANTH.,J)

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We find no justification whatsoever for the present writ appeal. The learned Judge has under the impugned order dated 30.01.2025 considered the case of the parties relegating the petitioners to approach the DRO by way of appeal and we find no infirmity in this direction. Directions have been given in paragraph 8 for the time frame for disposal

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of appeal as well.

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Incidentally, the writ petition had originally been filed

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challenging only the order of the Zonal Deputy Tahsildar dated 22.02.2023. Even prior to the institution of the writ petition the petitioner, had challenged the order of the Tahsildar also by way of statutory appeal before the RDO, riding two horses simultaneously. Pending writ petition,

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the appeals filed before the RDO came to be disposed and the prayer was consequently amended.

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