Muthammal v. The District Collector
Case brief
What is this about?
Madurai Bench Madras High Court; W.P.(MD).No.2019 of 2025; W.M.P.(MD)No.1426 of 2025; Muthammal; District Collector Tenkasi; Commissioner Sankarankovil Municipality Tenkasi; writ of certiorari; Article 226 Constitution of India; impugned notice Na.Ka.No. 9157/2024/H1 dated 13.01.2025 quashed; Slum Clearance Board houses handed over to Municipality proceedings dated 10.09.1993; final notice Na.Ka.No. 8836/89/F1 dated 08.12.1995 possession handed to petitioner; sale consideration Rs.59,500/-; installment Rs.350/- per month 171 installments; newly appointed scavengers accommodation; remand for reconsideration; opportunity of hearing; G.O.Ms.No.465 Revenue department dated 27.11.2018; R.J.Karthick; D.S.Neduncheliyan Government Advocate; M.Rajarajan Standing Counsel; L. Victoria Gowri J.; decided 24.01.2025; disposed of no costs.
What did the court decide?
Impugned notice Na.Ka.No. 9157/2024/H1 dated 13.01.2025 quashed; matter remanded to the second respondent (Sankarankovil Municipality) for reconsideration in line of the proceedings of the final notice dated 10.09.1993 extracted supra, after giving appropriate opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned; first respondent (District Collector, Tenkasi) directed to consider the petitioner's plight in the light of G.O.Ms.No.465, Revenue department, dated 27.11.2018, if otherwise eligible; writ petition disposed of with no costs; connected miscellaneous petition (W.M.P.(MD)No.1426 of 2025) closed.