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G.Anandhi v. the Branch Manager

Madras HC11 Aug 2025WP/27741/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Article 226 mandamus; consideration of representation dated 04.03.2025; deceased account holder's savings bank balance; claim by legal heir; Death Certificate and Legal Heirship Certificate; return of 34.5 grams pledged/mortgaged gold jewels; Kanchipuram Central Co-operative Bank Nanganallur Branch; six-week compliance timeline; writ petition disposed of at admission stage with consent; no costs; Madras High Court; N. Mala J.; WP No. 27741 of 2025.

What did the court decide?

Direction to the respondent Bank to consider and dispose of the petitioner's representation dated 04.03.2025 on merits and in accordance with law within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order; writ petition disposed of with the above direction, no costs. ¶44

G.Anandhi Vs the Branch Manager — 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 respondent Bank should be directed, by writ of mandamus, to consider the petitioner's representation dated 04.03.2025 and settle her claim to the balance in the savings bank account of late M.Ganesan (Account No.1065) and hand over 34.5 grams of gold jewels held by the Nanganallur Branch.

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Court's answer

In view of the facts and circumstances and the limited prayer of the learned counsel for the petitioner, a direction is issued to the respondent Bank to consider and dispose of the petitioner's representation dated 04.03.2025 on merits and in accordance with law within six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Madras High Court (N. Mala J.), by order dated 11-08-2025 in WP No. 27741 of 2025, disposed of a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India filed by G.Anandhi, daughter and claimed legal heir of late M.Ganesan, who sought a mandamus directing Kanchipuram Central Co-operative Bank, Nanganallur Branch, to consider her representation dated 04.03.2025 and settle her claim to the balance in her father's Savings Bank Account No.1065 and hand over 34.5 grams of gold jewels mortgaged with the Bank. The father had died on 22.08.2008; despite production of the Death Certificate and Legal Heirship Certificate and representations from 10.07.2015 onwards, the Bank took no action. Accepting the limited prayer of the petitioner's counsel, the Court directed the respondent Bank to consider and dispose of the representation dated 04.03.2025 on merits and in accordance with law within six weeks from receipt of a copy of the order. No costs. No case precedent was cited and no monetary quantum was adjudicated.

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WP No. 27741 of 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED: 11-08-2025

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CORAM

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THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE N. MALA

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WP No. 27741 of 2025

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G.Anandhi

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D/o M. Ganesan (late) F4, Dac Sarvesh No 11 Ekambaram Street, Pammal, Chennai 600 075

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Petitioner(s)

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The Branch Manager Kanchipuram Central Co-operative Bank Nanganallur Branch, Nanganallur, Chennai District 600 061

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Respondent(s)

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PRAYER

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Writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for a writ of mandamus Directing the respondents to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 04.03.2025 and consequently direct the respondent to settle the claim of the petitioner made in respect of the balance amount available in the savings bank account of Late M.Ganesan bearing account No 1065 and handover 34.5 grams gold jewels from kanchipuram Central Co-operative bank at Nanganallur Branch.

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For Petitioner(s): Mr.D.Arun M.P. Venkatakrishnan

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K. Mangayarkarasi

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

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For Respondent: Mr.S.Ravikumar, Spl.GP

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ORDER

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(1) Mr.R.Thamaraiselvan, learned Special Government Pleader accepts notice on

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behalf of the respondent. With the consent of both the learned counsels, the

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main writ petition is taken up for final disposal at the admission stage.

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(2) The writ petition is filed for a mandamus directing the respondents to consider the petitioner's representation dated 04.03.2025 and consequently to direct the respondent to settle the claim of the petitioner in respect of the balance amount available in the Bank Account of late Mr.M.Ganesan and hand over 34.5 grams of gold jewels from the respondent Bank, Nanganallur Branch.

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(3) The petitioner as the legal heir of her father, Mr.M.Ganesan, has filed the above writ petition for the aforesaid relief.

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(4) The petitioner states that her father Mr.M,Ganesan, was maintaining a Savings Bank Account in Kanchipuram Central Cooperative Bank at Nanganallur Branch, in Account No.1065. The petitioner's father mortgaged jewels of about 34.5 grams with the respondent Bank. The petitioner states

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that she discharged the entire loan amount. Since her father died on

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22.08.2008, as the rightful legal heir, she requested the respondent Bank to

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return the balance amount lying in the Savings Bank Account of her father as

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well as the jewels weighing about 34.5 grams. The petitioner produced necessary Death Certificate and the Legal Heirship Certificate to the authorities concerned in support of her claim to the aforesaid property. Despite the petitioner's repeated requests, no action was taken and therefore, the petitioner submitted a representation on 10.07.2015, and subsequently,

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submitted multiple representations. As no action was taken, the petitioner sent a further representation on 04.03.2025, and even thereafter, no action

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was taken and therefore, the petitioner was constrained to file the above writ petition for the aforesaid relief.

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(5) The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that it would be suffice if a

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direction is issued to the respondent Bank to consider the petitioner's representation dated 04.03.2025,within a time frame to be fixed by this Court.

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(6) Heard the learned counsels on either side and also perused the materials

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placed on record.

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(7) Under the facts and circumstances of the case and in the light of the limited

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prayer of the learned counsel for the petitioner, a direction is issued to the respondent Bank to consider and dispose of the petitioner's representation dated 04.03.2025 on merits and in accordance with law within a period of six

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weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

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