R.Pushpa v. the District Collector
Case brief
What is this about?
Leave to amend prayer; writ miscellaneous petition allowed as prayed for; Article 226 Constitution of India; writ of mandamus for removal of encroachments from public lands and waterbodies; restoration of water bodies, water channel and access to public temple in S.No. 56/20; survey numbers 52, 53, 54/6, 56/8, 56/17, 56/20, 57, 108, 109, 176; Thirumalrajpet Village; Perumanallur Hamlet; Pallipet Taluk; Thiruvallur District; District Collector; Tahsildar; Block Development Officer; Village Administrative Officer; private encroachers S.Gowtham, S.Kishore Kumar, N.Sudharshan; petitioners R.Pushpa and V.K.Ramamoorthy; counsel P.Dinesh Kumar; Madras High Court; WMP No. 7268 of 2026 in WP No. 49071 of 2025; dated 06-04-2026.
What did the court decide?
Permission granted to the petitioners to amend the prayer in WP No. 49071 of 2025 so as to substitute the expanded writ of mandamus (removal of encroachments in S.Nos. 52, 53, 54/6, 56/8, 56/17, 56/20, 57, 109, 108 and 176 of Thirumalrajpet Village, restoration of water bodies and water channel, and restoration of access to the public temple in S.No. 56/20) as set out in the petition.