Stephen Muthiah v. The Director of Town and Country Planning
Case brief
What is this about?
Mandamus; Article 226; common space / open space reserved for public utility; Madura Coats Employees Cooperative Housing Society; survey No.152, Agasthiyarpatti, Ambasamuthiram Taluk, Tirunelveli District; conversion into commercial plots; Thiruvavadu Dhurai Adheenam; Sivanthipuram Panchayat; Director of Town and Country Planning; building plan permission dated 04.02.2022; construction already put up; relief claimed no longer exists; infructuous writ petition dismissed; liberty to work out remedy; substitution of deceased petitioner A.Stephen Muthiah by S.P.Subramanian; Madurai Bench of Madras High Court; P.T.ASHA, J.; 26.11.2025.
What did the court decide?
The relief claimed no longer exists because the building plan permission had been granted by the local body on 04.02.2022 and the sixth respondent had already put up construction in the premises in question; accordingly the writ petition is dismissed, leaving the petitioner free to work out his remedy in the manner known to law.