Viswanathan K v. The District Collector
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, Madurai Bench; W.P(MD)No.33031 of 2025, decided 19.11.2025 by P.T.ASHA, J. K.Viswanathan v. The District Collector, Thanjavur and others. Keywords: Article 226; writ of mandamus; closure of groundnut candy cottage industry; residential area; requisite licences; challenge to licence; alternative remedy before competent authority; nuisance; Kumbakonam; Thanjavur. Outcome: writ petition dismissed, no costs.
What did the court decide?
As the fifth respondent was admittedly running the unit with all requisite licences, the petitioner's remedy, if aggrieved by the grant of the licence or alleging violation of its conditions, was to challenge the issuance or continuance of the licence before the competent authority or by appropriate proceedings; in the absence of such a challenge, the relief sought in the writ petition could not be granted.