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N.Buvaneswari v. the District Collector

Madras HC18 Jul 2025WP/26233/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Keywords: writ of mandamus; disposal of representation within time frame; laying of tar road; installation of street name board; civic amenities; mud and stone path; water logging; potholes; Kasturibai Nagar First Cross Street; Anakaputhur Village; Pallavaram Taluk; Chengalpattu District; Tambaram City Municipal Corporation Zone-1 Ward-1; Article 226 of Constitution of India; four weeks timeline; admission-stage disposal by consent; no cases cited; Madras High Court single-judge order dated 18.07.2025; no costs.

What did the court decide?

Direction to the 2nd respondent to consider the petitioner's representation dated 15.04.2025 and pass appropriate orders on merits and in accordance with law within four (4) weeks from receipt of a copy of the order; writ petition disposed of with no costs. ¶52

N.Buvaneswari 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 2nd respondent should be directed to dispose of the petitioner's representation dated 15.04.2025 seeking laying of a tar road and installation of a street name board in Kasturibai Nagar First Cross Street.

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Court's answer

Without going into the merits of the case, the Court directed the 2nd respondent to consider the petitioner's representation dated 15.04.2025 and pass appropriate orders on merits and in accordance with law within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Writ Petition (Madras High Court, N. Mala, J., decided 18.07.2025) — W.P.No.26233 of 2025 — Mandamus for disposal of representation — Petitioner, a resident of Kasturibai Nagar 1st Cross Street (approximately 10 metres east-west and 50 metres north-south, width around 10 feet; nearly 25 families residing nearby), Anakaputhur Village, Pallavaram Taluk, Chengalpattu District, within jurisdiction of Zone-1, Ward-1 of Tambaram City Municipal Corporation, sought directions to dispose of the petitioner's representation dated 15.04.2025 requesting laying of tar road and installation of a street name board; the street remained a mud and stone path with water logging and potholes during rains, affecting senior citizens and school-going children, and the absence of a name board hampered visitors, ambulances and fire engines. Learned counsel confined the relief to a direction to the 2nd respondent to dispose of the representation within a stipulated time. By consent, the petition was taken up for final disposal at the admission stage; without going into the merits, the Court directed the 2nd respondent (Tambaram Commissioner) to consider the representation dated 15.04.2025 and pass appropriate orders on merits and in accordance with law within four (4) weeks from receipt of a copy of the order. Petition disposed of; no costs. No precedent engaged.

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W.P.No.26233 of 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED : 18.07.2025

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CORAM :

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THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE N.MALA

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Writ Petition No.26233 of 2025

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N.Bhuvaneswari ... Petitioner

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Vs.

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1.The District Collector Office of the District Collector Chengalpattu-603 001.

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2.The Tambaram Commissioner Tambaram City Municipal Corporation Tambaram, Chennai - 600 045.

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3.The Zonal Engineer Zone-1, Ward-1, Tambaram City Municipal Corporation Pammal, Chennai - 600 075. … Respondents

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PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, praying for issuance of Writ of Mandamus, directing respondents to dispose of the petitioner's representation dated 15.04.2025, for laying tar road on the street and installation of street name board in Kasturibai Nagar First Cross street which falls under Anakaputhur Village, Pallavaram Taluk, Page No.1 of 6

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W.P.No.26233 of 2025 Chengalpattu District within jurisdiction of Zone -1, Ward-1 of Tambaram Corporation.

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For Petitioner : Mr. V.Ravishankar

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For Respondents : Mrs. P.Vijayadevi for R1

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Government Advocate

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Mr. P.Srinivas for R2 and R3

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Standing Counsel

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O R D E R

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Seeking directions to the respondents to dispose of the petitioner's

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representation dated 15.04.2025, for laying tar road on the street and installation of street name board in Kasturibai Nagar First Cross street, which

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falls under Anakaputhur Village, Pallavaram Taluk, Chengalpattu District

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within jurisdiction of zone -1 ward-1 of Tambaram, the present writ petition

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is filed.

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2.Mr. P.Vijayadevi, learned Government Advocate takes notice for the

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1st respondent and Mr. P.Srinivas, learned Standing Counsel takes notice for

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the respondents 2 & 3.

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W.P.No.26233 of 2025

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By consent of both the parties, this writ petition is taken up for final

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disposal at the admission stage itself.

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4 . The petitioner is a resident of Kasturibai Nagar 1st Cross Street, which extends to approximately 10 metres on east to west and 50 metres on north to

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south, with a width of around 10 feet. Nearly 25 families reside near the street, which does not have a proper tar road laid for many years. The petitioner stated that the road remains a mud and stone path, with water logging and potholes during the rainy season, causing severe inconvenince and hardship to the residents, particularly senior citizens and school going children. The petiitoner further stated that the absence of a street name board made it difficult for visitors and essential services like ambulances and fire engines to locate the street, thereby endangering the lives and well-being of the residents. In the said circumstances, the petitioner submitted a representation to the respondents on 15.04.2025, requesting for laying tar road and installation of a street name board, but there was no response. Page No.3 of 6

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W.P.No.26233 of 2025

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According to the petitioner, the continued inaction is arbitrary,

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unjustified, and violates the legal obligation of the respondents to consider

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and dispose of the said representation within a reasonable time. Hence, the petitioner filed the present writ peition seeking directions to the authorities concerned to dispose of his representation within a time frame as stipulated by this Court.

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Though many issues were raised in the writ petition, learned counsel

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for the petitioner's submitted that it would suffice if, this Court directs the 2nd respondent, to dispose of the petitioner's representation dated 15.04.2025,

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within a stipulated time as fixed by this Court.

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