Venkadasamy v. The District Collector
Land Encroachment – Tamil Nadu Land Encroachment Act, Sections 6 and 7
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, Madurai Bench; W.P.(MD)No.23980 of 2025 (with W.M.P.(MD)No.18815 of 2025); decided 04.09.2025; coram G.R.Swaminathan and B.Pugalandhi JJ.; Venkatasamy-style encroacher writ petition vs District Collector Virudhunagar, Tahsildar Sivakasi, Mamsapuram Village Panchayat Secretary and Murugan; Tamil Nadu Land Encroachment Act Sections 6 and 7; Article 226 certiorarified mandamus; encroachment removal at Kaliamman temple, Duraisamypuram; humanitarian time to vacate; affidavit of undertaking; alternative site allotment by District Collector; similarly placed occupants; disposed, no costs.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of without quashing the impugned order: five months' time granted to the petitioner to vacate subject to affidavit of undertaking before the second respondent (failing which removal without further notice); liberty to seek alternative accommodation/site from the first respondent, with a decision due within two months; identical relief extended to similarly placed occupants; no costs; connected miscellaneous petition (W.M.P.(MD)No.18815 of 2025) closed.