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R.Manivannan v. the District Collector

Madras HC1 Jul 2025WP/19258/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Ex gratia compensation; Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Ltd.; land acquisition 2009; Uyyakondaravi village; Virudachalam Taluk; Cuddalore District; representation dated 03.10.2023; writ of mandamus Article 226 Constitution of India; consideration within four weeks; notice and hearing to interested parties; Paragraph no.39 W.P.No.22745/2023 order dated 07.08.2023; District Collector Cuddalore; General Manager (Land Acquisition) NLC; Madras High Court; Mohammed Shaffiq; disposed without costs; no merits expressed; admission-stage disposal by consent.

What did the court decide?

Writ petition disposed of with a direction to the second respondent to consider the representation dated 03.10.2023 on its own merits and pass orders in accordance with law after notice and hearing within four weeks, copy to the first respondent; no order as to costs.

R.Manivannan Vs the District Collector — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the respondents should be directed, by writ of mandamus, to consider the petitioner's representation dated 03.10.2023 seeking ex gratia compensation for the acquired land at Uyyakondaravi village, Virudachalam Taluk, Cuddalore District, in the light of Paragraph no.39 of the order in W.P No.22745/2023 dated 07.08.2023.

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Court's answer

There shall be a direction to the second respondent (General Manager (Land Acquisition), Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Ltd.) to consider the petitioner's representation dated 03.10.2023 on its own merits and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, after issuing notice and affording a reasonable opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and all other interested parties.

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Ratio / Principle

The consideration and orders are to be completed within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of uploading of the web copy, without waiting for receipt of the certified copy, marking a copy to the first respondent.

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Key takeaways

This Court expressly did not express any views on the merits of the representation; the concerned respondent remains free to consider it on its own merits and in accordance with law (the second respondent had contended the representation lacked merit as entire compensation was already paid in 2009-2010, but agreed to consider it within a time frame).ratio¶5

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Madras HC (Mohammed Shaffiq, J.), W.P.No.19258 of 2025, decided 01.07.2025 (taken up at admission stage by consent). Petitioner R.Manivannan sought a writ of mandamus (Article 226) directing the respondents to consider his representation dated 03.10.2023 and pay ex gratia compensation for land acquired by Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Ltd. in 2009 — Survey Nos.137/4A, 137/6 (0.1000 ha), Survey Nos.131/2, 131/7 (0.2050 ha) and Survey Nos.124/10, 126/3A, 126/3C, 127/8A (0.4700 ha) at Uyyakondaravi village, Virudachalam Taluk, Cuddalore District — invoking Paragraph no.39 of this Court's order in W.P.No.22745/2023 dated 07.08.2023 pursuant to which the second respondent is processing ex gratia payments to all land losers. The Additional Solicitor General contended the representation lacked merit as the entire compensation was paid in 2009-2010 but undertook to consider it within a fixed time. The Court directed the second respondent to consider the representation dated 03.10.2023 on its own merits and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law after notice and hearing to the petitioner and other interested parties, within four weeks of upload of the web copy (certified copy not awaited), marking a copy to the District Collector; it expressly expressed no view on the merits. Petition disposed of; no costs.

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W.P.No.19258 of 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED : 01.07.2025

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CORAM

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE MOHAMMED SHAFFIQ

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W.P.No.19258 of 2025

R.Manivannan

: Petitioner

Vs.

1.The District Collector, Cuddalore District, Cuddalore.

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2.The General Manager (Land Acquisition), Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Ltd., Neyveli, Cuddalore District. : Respondents

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PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to consider petitioner's representation dated 03.10.2023 and consequently direct the respondents to pay exgratia compensation with respect to the petitioner's acquired land bearing Survey Nos.137/4A, 137/6 ad-measuring 0.1000 hectare and survey Nos.131/2, 131/7 ad-measuring 0.2050 hectare and Survey Nos.124/10, 126/3A, 126/3C, 127/8A ad-measuring 0.4700 hectare situated at Uyyakondaravi village in Virudachalam Taluk, Cuddalore District, in the light of Paragraph no.39 of the order in W.P No.22745/2023 dated 07.08.2023 within a time frame.

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For Petitioner : R.Selvakumar For Respondents : Mr.A.Selvendran Special Government Pleader for R1 Mr.A.R.L.Sundaresan, Additional Solicitor General, for Mr.N.Nithianandan for R2

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ORDER

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By consent of learned counsel on both sides, this writ petition is taken up for final disposal at the admission stage itself.

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The present writ petition is filed praying for writ of Mandamus, to direct the respondents to consider the representation dated 03.10.2023 and consequently direct the respondents to pay exgratia compensation with respect to the petitioner's acquired land bearing Survey Nos.137/4A, 137/6 ad-measuring 0.1000 hectare and Survey Nos.131/2, 131/7 ad-measuring 0.2050 hectare and Survey Nos.124/10, 126/3A, 126/3C, 127/8A ad-measuring 0.4700 hectare situated at Uyyakondaravi Village in Virudachalam Taluk, Cuddalore District, in the light of Paragraph no.39 of the order in W.P No.22745/2023 dated 07.08.2023.

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It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the subject property was acquired by the second respondent in the year 2009. It is stated that the second respondent is in process of giving ex gratia payment to all lands losers pursuant to the order passed by this Court in W.P.No.22745 of 2023 dated 07.08.2023. Hence the petitioner submitted a representation dated 03.10.2023 before the respondents seeking ex-gratia compensation in respect of the subject property. However, the said representation has not been considered so far. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioner has filed the present writ petition.

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At the outset, it was submitted by the le arned Additional Solicitor General appearing on behalf of the second respondent that the above representation is devoid of any merits inasmuch the entire compensation has already been paid in the year 2009-2010. In any view, it was submitted that the above representation would be considered by the second respondent and appropriate orders would be passed in accordance with law, within a time frame to be fixed by this Court, which was agreed to by the learned counsel for petitioner.

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5 . In view of the same, taking into consideration the facts and circumstances

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of the case and the limited relief sought for in this Writ Petition, there shall be a direction to the second respondent, to consider the representation dated 03.10.2023 on its own merits and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, after issuing notice and affording a reasonable opportunity of hearing to petitioner and all other interested parties, within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of uploading of the web copy without waiting for the receipt of certified copy, m arking a copy to the first respondent. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any views with regard to the merits of the representation and it is open to the concerned respondent to consider the representation on its own merits and in accordance with law.

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6. Accordingly, the writ petition stands disposed of. There will be no order as to costs.

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