A.Alagar v. The Tahsildar
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court Madurai Bench; W.P.(MD)No.1179 of 2025; A.Alagar v. Tahsildar T.Kallikudi & others; Article 226 writ of mandamus; survey demarcation FMB sketch; joint patta S.F.No.17/19B2 Mayitanpatti Kalligudi Taluk Madurai; challan 16.12.2024; co-pattadars consent; notice enquiry objections injunction six weeks; survey stones no dispossession fencing civil decree; police protection; disposed at admission stage; L.Victoria Gowri J.; no costs.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of at the admission stage with directions: petitioner to apply on-line with relevant documents (individual patta, or co-pattadars' consent for joint patta; vendor-held patta acceptable pending mutation); survey authority to scrutinise, issue notice to petitioner/adjoining owners/interested persons, hold enquiry and weigh objections, overrule baseless objections but defer survey six weeks to allow objectors to seek injunction (suits numbered forthwith; interlocutory applications decided in four weeks), note (without being bound by) memos of instructions, direct the applicant to the civil court if objections have substance, obtain police aid as needed, install survey stones only without causing dispossession (fencing only after civil decree), complete the exercise within six weeks of notice, and serve the survey report with sketch on the parties; no costs.