A.P.Sundari v. The District Collector / Monitoring Committee
Writ of Mandamus – road laying and alleged encroachment
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, Madurai Bench; W.P.(MD)No.248 of 2025, decided 07.01.2025; order by M.S.RAMESH, J. (Coram: M.S.RAMESH and A.D.MARIA CLETE, JJ.). Petitioner A.P.Sundari filed a writ petition under Article 226 seeking mandamus against the District Collector/Monitoring Committee, Block Development Officer (Madurai East Panchayat), Executive Engineer (DRDO) and Assistant Engineer (Roads & Bridge) to complete road laying work by contractor Sree Jayalakshmi Electricals and to remove encroachment allegedly caused by Rajangam and R.Kamalakannan on the public road in Survey No.158/5A, Thiruvalluvar Nagar, Kodikulam 1st Bit, Madurai East Taluk. Petition dismissed: the land was admitted to be patta land of the sixth respondent, making the encroachment claim untenable. Keywords: mandamus, patta land, encroachment, public road, Article 226, representation, dismissed, no costs.
What did the court decide?
It stands admitted in the residents' representation dated 01.10.2024 that the land in question is patta land standing in the name of the sixth respondent, R.Kamalakannan.