Two writ petitions challenged a temple eviction order under the TN HR&CE Act. Since the petitioners' revisions under Section 21 were already pending before the Commissioner, the court dismissed the writs with liberty to pursue those revisions and directed their disposal within six months.
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W.P(MD)Nos.19250 and 19251 of 2025
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
DATED : 17.07.2025
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.SARAVANAN
W.P(MD)Nos.19250 and 19251 of 2025 and W.M.P(MD)Nos.14770 and 14822 of 2025
W.P(MD)No.19250 of 2025
M.Palanivelu ... Petitioner
Vs.
Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department, Chennai.
Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department, Thanjavur, Thanjavur District.
3.The Executive Officer, Arulmigu Subramanisamy Kovil, Pookkara Street, Thanjavur Town and Taluk, Thanjavur District. ...Respondents
Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records of the order passed by the second respondent vide M.P.No.11/2017/ E 2 dated 16.04.2025 signed on 31.04.2025 and quash the same as illegal,
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arbitrary and violation natural justice and further more direct the respondents to restore the possession of the petitioner's residential house in 3483, Back side of Pokkara Subramaniyasamy Temple, Pookkara Street, Thanjavur Town and Taluk, Thanjavur District within the time fixed by this Court.
For Petitioner : Mr.R.Rajaraman
For Respondents : Mr.S.S.Madhavan Additional Government Pleader
W.P(MD)No.19251 of 2025
Revathi ... Petitioner
Vs.
Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department, Thanjavur, Thanjavur District.
3.The Executive Officer, Arulmigu Subramanisamy Kovil, Pookkara Street, Thanjavur Town and Taluk, Thanjavur District. ...Respondents
Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records of the order passed by the second respondent vide M.P.No.12/2017/ E2 dated 16.04.2025 signed on 31.04.2025 and quash the same as illegal,
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arbitrary and violation natural justice and further more direct the respondents to restore the possession of the petitioner's residential house in 3483, Back side of Pokkara Subramaniyasamy Temple, Pookkara Street, Thanjavur Town and Taluk, Thanjavur District within the time fixed by this Court.
For Petitioner : Mr.R.Rajaraman
For Respondents : Mr.S.S.Madhavan Additional Government Pleader
COMMON ORDER
Mr.S.S.Madhavan, leanred Additional Government Pleader takes notice for the respondents.
Joint Commissioner on 16.04.2025 under Section 78 of the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959.
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Thanjavur District.
3.The Executive Officer, Arulmigu Subramanisamy Kovil, Pookkara Street, Thanjavur Town and Taluk, Thanjavur District.
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the Joint Commissioner's order dated 16.04.2025 under Section 78 of the TN HR&CE Act could be quashed in writ when statutory revisions were pending before the Commissioner.
3 provisions across 2 enactments
M.Palanivelu
Revathi
The Commissioner, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department, Chennai
The Joint Commissioner, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department, Thanjavur
The Executive Officer, Arulmigu Subramanisamy Kovil, Thanjavur
C.Saravanan
As recorded by the court registry
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