S.Thulasi v. the Managing Director
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court; W.P.No.20011 of 2025; S.Thulasi v. Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board & others; writ of mandamus under Article 226; tenement allotment ground floor versus second floor; temporary allotment order Na.Ka.No.G2/11846/2020 dated 17.11.2020; representation dated 05.05.2025; interim orders dated 05.06.2025; written instructions of Executive Engineer; eighteen ground- and first-floor tenements already allotted with reasons of age, physical condition and ailments; age discrepancy - born 17.08.1960, aged about 65 years and not 80 years; writ petition dismissed on 12.06.2025; existing second-floor allotment confirmed; no order as to costs; Justice N. Anand Venkatesh.
What did the court decide?
All eighteen tenements in the ground floor and first floor have already been allotted, and for those allotments specific reasons such as age, physical condition and ailments have been recorded; no ground- or first-floor tenement is therefore available for the petitioner.