M.Sanjaygandhi v. The District Collector/Monitory Committee
Case brief
What is this about?
Madurai Bench, Madras High Court; W.P.(MD)No.29665 of 2025, decided 23.10.2025; Coram G.R. Swaminathan & B. Pugalendhi JJ.; petitioner M. Sanjaygandhi vs District Collector, Pudukkottai & ors incl. Tahsildar Manamelkudi Taluk and private respondents 6-14 (Karunanithi, Raja, Murugan, T. Indira, Madhavan, Natarajan, Vijayakumari, Santhi, Sankaran); encroachment removal from Survey No.140, Manjakudi village, Government Poramboke / water body; survey and eviction directions; six-month compliance timeline; Article 226 mandamus; disposed without costs.
What did the court decide?
The Tahsildar (fifth respondent) is directed to conduct a survey of the petition-mentioned survey number after notice to all interested persons and encroachers; any encroachments found in the water body are to be removed, and all encroachments cleared within six months from receipt of a copy of the order.