Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.No.41745 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Madras, Division Bench (Manindra Mohan Shrivastava, CJ authoring; G.Arul Murugan, J), decided 10.11.2025. Petitioner G.Manivannan sought a writ of mandamus under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to stop construction of a Microbial Fertilizers Production Unit in Ward No.26, Tirukovilur Town Panchayat, Kallakurichi District, and to secure its relocation to a non-residential industrial area. Bench held that no legal ground was made to challenge the location, so mandamus could not issue; observed that the petitioner may approach the authorities for change of location; writ petition dismissed with no order as to costs. No precedents discussed.
What did the court decide?
In the absence of any legal ground made to challenge the location of the construction and establishment of the Microbial Fertilisers Production Unit in Ward No.26, Thirukovilur Town Panchayat, the court cannot issue the mandamus prayed for by the petitioner.