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N.Sathishkumar v. the State of Tamilnadu

Madras HC18 Aug 2025WP/30711/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Madras High Court; W.P.No.30711 of 2025; Justice N.Mala; decision dated 18.08.2025; writ petition dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to file fresh writ petition; refund of Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) Rs.10,00,000 sought; two Demand Drafts dated 21.11.2022 (No.430838 Lakshmi Vilas Bank; No.335111 Karur Vysya Bank); Vellore City Municipal Corporation; shop allotment notice dated 07.11.2022 in Na.Ka.No.1707/A1/2022/M-4; liberty to challenge order dated 23.11.2024; Article 226 mandamus; no costs.

What did the court decide?

Writ petition dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty to the petitioner to challenge the order dated 23.11.2024 in a manner known to law; no costs. The substantive prayer for refund of the Earnest Money Deposit was not adjudicated. ¶22

N.Sathishkumar Vs the State of Tamilnadu — 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 petitioner is entitled to a writ of mandamus directing the 3rd respondent to refund the Earnest Money Deposit paid by way of two Demand Drafts totalling Rs.10,00,000 pursuant to the notice dated 07.11.2022 for allotment of shops.

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Ratio / Principle

Leave granted to the petitioner to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to file a fresh writ petition; the endorsement made by learned counsel to that effect was recorded.

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Key takeaways

Recording the submission and endorsement of the learned counsel for the petitioner, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn.ratio¶22
Liberty is reserved to the petitioner to challenge the order dated 23.11.2024 in a manner known to law; no costs were awarded.ratio¶23

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Madras High Court (W.P.No.30711 of 2025, N.Mala, J., decided 18.08.2025): The petitioner had filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of mandamus directing the Commissioner, Vellore City Municipal Corporation to refund an Earnest Money Deposit of Rs.10,00,000 paid through two Demand Drafts of Rs.5,00,000 each, both dated 21.11.2022 (No.430838, Lakshmi Vilas Bank, Vellore Branch; No.335111, Karur Vysya Bank, Vellore Branch), pursuant to the 3rd respondent's notice dated 07.11.2022 in Na.Ka.No.1707/A1/2022/M-4 for allotment of shops. At the hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner sought permission to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to file a fresh writ petition and made an endorsement to that effect in the petition. The Court, recording the submission and the endorsement, dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioner to challenge the order dated 23.11.2024 in a manner known to law. No costs.

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W.P.No.30711 of 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED : 18.08.2025

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CORAM :

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THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE N.MALA

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Writ Petition No.30711 of 2025

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N.Sathishkumar ... Petitioner

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Vs.

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1.The State of Tamilnadu rep.by its Secretary Municipal Administration & Water Supply Department, Secretariat Fort St George, Chennai 600009.

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2.The District Collector

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Vellore District, Vellore.

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3.The Commissioner Vellore City Municipal Corporation Vellore 632 001. … Respondents

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PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, praying for issuance of Writ of mandamus directing the 3rd respondent to refund the Earnest Money Deposit paid by way of two Demand Drafts namely [1]Demand Draft for a sum of Rs.5,00,000/- daetd 21.11.2022 bearing No.430838 drawn on Lakshmi Vilas Bank, Vellore Branch and [2]Demand Page No.1 of 4

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

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W.P.No.30711 of 2025 Draft for a sum of Rs.5,00,000/- daetd 21.11.2022 bearing No.335111 drawn on Karur Vysya Bank, Vellore Branch totalling a sum of Rs.10,00,000/pursuant to the notice of the 3rd respondent dated 07.11.2022 in Na.Ka.No.1707/A1/2022/M-4 for allotment of shops.

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