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S.Ravindran v. the District Collector

Madras HC11 Sept 2025WP/34233/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Madras High Court writ petition (W.P.No.34233 of 2025) disposed of as withdrawn/closed with liberty; Article 226 mandamus; encroachment by private individuals; Survey Nos.418/3C and 512/1A1A1A; representation dated 28.04.2025; Tahsildar Avadi Taluk; District Collector Thiruvallur; Revenue Divisional Officer Thiruvallur; Commissioner of Police Avadi; preservation of rights to approach jurisdictional civil Court; no order as to costs; counsel M.L. Ravi; order by M. Sundar J. with Mummineni Sudheer Kumar J. on the bench; decided 11.09.2025.

What did the court decide?

Writ petition permitted to be withdrawn and disposed of as closed, with preservation of the writ petitioner's rights and contentions to initiate appropriate proceedings before the jurisdictional civil Court in respect of the same cause of action; no order as to costs. ¶41

S.Ravindran 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 writ petitioner's grievance regarding encroachment of his lands in Survey Nos.418/3C and 512/1A1A1A, allegedly by private individuals, could be pursued in writ jurisdiction or required recourse to the jurisdictional civil Court.

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Court's answer

The captioned writ petition is disposed of as closed/withdrawn with preservation of the writ petitioner's rights and contentions to initiate appropriate proceedings in the jurisdictional civil Court with regard to the same cause of action; there shall be no order as to costs.

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Ratio / Principle

The course of withdrawal with preservation of rights was adopted because, even according to the writ petitioner, the alleged encroachment is by private individuals.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Madras High Court (M. Sundar and Mummineni Sudheer Kumar, JJ.), W.P.No.34233 of 2025, order dated 11.09.2025 — S. Ravindran v. The District Collector, Thiruvallur District and others. Writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India sought a writ of Mandamus directing the fourth respondent (Tahsildar, Avadi Taluk) to consider the petitioner's representation dated 28.04.2025 to survey lands in Survey Nos.418/3C and 512/1A1A1A, remove illegal structures and retrieve the lands from illegal and wrongful claimants who had encroached upon the petitioner's property. After some arguments, Mr. M.L. Ravi, learned counsel for the writ petitioner, sought leave to withdraw the writ petition with a plea to preserve all rights and contentions to initiate appropriate proceedings before the jurisdictional civil Court with regard to the same cause of action, such course being necessary because, even according to the writ petitioner, the alleged encroachment was by private individuals; counsel made an endorsement in the case file. Held: writ petition disposed of as closed/withdrawn with preservation of rights; no order as to costs.

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W.P.No.34233 of 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED : 11.09.2025

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CORAM

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.SUNDAR

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and

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE MUMMINENI SUDHEER KUMAR

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W.P.No.34233 of 2025

S.Ravindran

... Petitioner

Vs.

1.The District Collector, Collectorate Office, Thiruvallur District – 602 001.

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2.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Revenue Divisional Office, Thiruvallur – 602 001.

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3.The Commissioner of Police, Avadi City Police Commissionerate, Avadi, Chennai – 600 054.

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4.The Tahsildar, Avadi Taluk Office,

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Avadi, Chennai – 600 072.

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5.Kesavan

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6.R.Rajendran

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7.N.Kumaravel

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8.G.Meghala

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9.T.Ganesh Kumar

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10.Hari Govindh

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

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W.P.No.34233 of 2025

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11.Ishwar Timbers, No.1, 1^st Main Road, Balaji Nagar, Ambattur, Chennai – 600 053. Corporation of Coimbatore, Coimbatore - 641 018. ... Respondents

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Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of The Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the fourth respondent to consider the petitioner's representation dated 28.04.2025 to survey the lands and remove the illegal structures constructed in Survey Nos.418/3C and 512/1A1A1A and retrieve the lands from illegal and wrongful claimants who have encroached upon the petitioner's property.

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ORDER

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[Order of the Court was made by M.SUNDAR, J. ,]

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After some arguments, Mr.M.L.Ravi, learned counsel on record for writ petitioner sought leave of this Court to withdraw captioned 'Writ Petition' [hereinafter 'WP' for the sake of brevity] but made a plea to preserve all the rights and contentions of writ petitioner to initiate appropriate proceedings in jurisdictional civil Court with regard to the

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

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W.P.No.34233 of 2025

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same cause of action. To be noted, such a course had to be adopted as even according to the writ petitioner, the alleged encroachment is by private individuals.

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