Case brief
What is this about?
K.Raju v. Commissioner of Municipal Administration and others, W.P.(MD)No.10500 of 2019 (Madurai Bench of Madras High Court), decided 02.07.2025 by S.M.Subramaniam, J. (author) and Dr.A.D.Maria Clete, J. Petitioner sought a writ of mandamus directing the 5th respondent to lay a 60 feet scheme road in Ward-B, Block 3-A1A1 (T.S.No.10/1, 11/3 & 4 & 12), Cumbum Municipality, per the Detail Development Plan approved in Na.Ka.No.5036/93/F1 and notified on 23.11.1994. Dismissed: the scheme had been dropped, the Municipality has no present proposal to lay the road, and the petitioner's writ appeal WA.(MD)No.1352 of 2024 was dismissed by the Division Bench on 13.08.2024. No cases cited; no costs; connected W.M.P(MD)Nos.8059 & 8060 of 2019 and W.M.P(MD)No.17170 of 2024 closed.
What did the court decide?
The issue raised in the writ petition is no more res-integra: the scheme was dropped and the Municipality has no proposal as of now to lay road in that particular locality.