Tamil Nadu All Minorities Christian Welfare Association v. the District Collector
Mandamus – Burial grounds for Christian minorities – Vellore district
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, single Judge (D. Bharatha Chakravarthy, J.), W.P.No.6691 of 2025, decided 27.02.2025. Keywords: writ of mandamus; Article 226; burial grounds; Christian minorities; Tamil Nadu All Minorities Christian Welfare Association; Vellore district; Thasildar; District Collector; State Minorities Commission; status report; survey numbers 593/2A, 903, 590/2; Peranambut; K.V.Kuppam; Pasumathur Village; Karigiri Village; Katpadi; Gudiyatham; Anaicut; twelve weeks time; classification of lands as burial grounds; disposal without costs.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of by recording the status report statements; twelve weeks time granted to the respondents to identify lands in Gudiyatham, Anaicut and Vellore Taluks; Collector directed to pass suitable orders classifying the identified lands as burial grounds and to issue further directions for their maintenance in accordance with law. No costs.