E.Surya Narayanan v. the Commissioner
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WP No. 26908 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Madras, order dated 24-07-2025 by N. Anand Venkatesh J. Petitioner E. Surya Narayanan (counsel V.R. Vishnu / V. Srimathi) sought a writ of mandamus under Article 226 directing the Commissioner, Pollachi Municipality (R1) and Joint Commissioner, HR&CE Department, Coimbatore (R2) to act on his representation for removal of encroachment by respondents 5 and 6 (Proprietors of Sri Bikes Amphere and Cycle House) in Survey No.253, Pollachi to Udumalaipettai Road, belonging to Arulmigu Subramania Swami Thirukovil. Court heard Additional Government Pleader E. Vijayanand (R1), Special Government Pleader N.R.R. Arun Natarajan (R2, R3) and Standing Counsel L. Jaivenkatesh (R4, TNEB) and disposed of the petition by directing the Executive Officer of the temple (R3) to ascertain encroachment and remove it in accordance with law after notice to interested parties, within eight weeks. Keywords: encroachment, temple land, HR&CE, writ of mandamus, Article 226, Pollachi, eight weeks, representation, disposal, no costs.