The Society of Daughters of v. Government of India
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Single-Judge order of the High Court of Judicature at Madras (Justice V. Lakshminarayanan, dated 08-12-2025) dismissing/rejecting WMP No. 26590 of 2025 made in W.P.No.21037 of 2025. Petitioner: The Society of Daughters of Mary Immaculate and Collaborators (St. Thomas Mount, Chennai); existing respondents: Government of India, Ministry of Defence (Chief Executive Officer, Cantonment Board St Thomas Mount cum Pallavaram; Defence Estates Officer, Madras Circle). Sought impleadment of the Tahsildar, Pallavaram Taluk, Kancheepuram District as third respondent. Held: a Tahsildar cannot take policy decisions for the State of Tamil Nadu; policy on land classification, where the Cantonment Board claims B-2 land, lies at the highest level of the Revenue Department; impleadment request misconceived and rejected. Keywords: impleadment petition, Tahsildar, cantonment board, B-2 land classification, revenue department, writ miscellaneous petition rejected.