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G.Kuppan v. the District Collector

Madras HC11 Nov 2025WP/19365/2012

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What is this about?

Keywords: writ petition dismissed as infructuous; Writ of Mandamus; Article 226; sand quarrying; Sitteri Lake; Maganiam Village; Sriperumbudur Taluk; Kancheepuram District; District Collector Kancheepuram; Thasildar Sriperumbudur; Revenue Divisional Officer; Executive Engineer PWD Lower-Pallar Division; F. Paulraj; Na.Ka.528/2010-Q3; 4000 lorry loads; prohibition on machinery; 3 feet depth; no costs; M.P. No.1 of 2012 closed; Madras High Court; M. Dhandapani, J.; 11.11.2025.

What did the court decide?

None; the writ petition was dismissed as infructuous without costs and the connected miscellaneous petition was closed. ¶24

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

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W.P. No.19365 of 2012

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED : 11.11.2025

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CORAM :

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THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M. DHANDAPANI

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W.P. No.19365 of 2012 and M.P. No.1 of 2012

G.Kuppan

Petitioner

The District Collector Kancheepuram, Kancheepuram District.

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2.The Thasildar Sriperumbudur Sriperumbudur Taluk, Kancheepuram District.

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3.The Revenue Divisional Officer Kancheepuram, Kancheepuram District.

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4.The Executive Engineer Public Works Department, Lower-Pallar Division at Kancheepuram, Kancheepuram.

5.F.Paulraj

Respondents

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https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

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W.P. No.19365 of 2012 Prayer : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the 1^st respondent to impose condition on the 5^th respondent not to effect any Sand quarrying in the Sitteri Lake by using machinery of whatsoever nature for the purpose of quarrying sand from the Sitteri Lake bed area in terms of the order passed by the 1^st respondent dated 07.07.2012 bearing Na.Ka.528/2010-Q3 for the period from 07.07.2012 to 15.08.2012 to an extent of 4000 lorry loads and consequently forbear the 5^th respondent from any manner using machinery of whatsoever nature for the purpose of removing Sand beyond 3 feet depth from Sitteri Lake, Maganiam Village, Sriperumbudur Taluk, Kancheepuram District.

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For Petitioner : Mr.A. Palaniappan For Respondents : Mr.Stalin Abimanyu Addl. Govt. Pleader for RR1-R3 R4 – notice returned.

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ORDER

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the relief sought for in

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the writ petition has become infructuous and the same may be recorded by this Court.

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