Varadarajan v. The District Collector
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court (Madurai Bench), W.P(MD)No.18093 of 2025, decided 03.07.2025 by S. Sounthar J., disposed at admission stage by consent. Keywords: Town Survey Register correction; survey number rectification (R.S.No.55/19p vis-a-vis R.S.No.55/18); S.No.59; Sengulam Village, Trichy East Division, Trichy; sale deed dated 20.2.1978; representations dated 14.09.2022, 8.2.2023, 13.05.2024, 19.08.2024; Article 226 writ of mandamus; competent authority — Commissioner, Corporation of Tiruchirappalli; Tahsildar Trichy East directed to forward representation (two weeks); final orders on merits after notice (12 weeks); no costs; no precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the third respondent (Tahsildar, Trichy East) to forward the petitioner's representation to the Commissioner, Corporation of Tiruchirappalli within two weeks of receipt of a copy of the order; the Commissioner to consider the representation and pass final orders on its own merits after notice to the petitioner and other interested parties, if any, within 12 weeks thereafter; writ petition disposed of with the above directions, no costs; Registry directed to mark a copy of the order to the Commissioner, Corporation of Trichy.