V.T.C.Selvarajan v. The Special commissioner and
Case brief
What is this about?
Non-prosecution dismissal of a 2021 Madras High Court writ petition (WP No. 19193 of 2021, decided 16-07-2026, Krishnan Ramasamy, J.). Petitioner V.T.C.Selvarajan sought mandamus under Article 226 for substitution of his name in the land register extract in place of respondent 4 (Arulmighu Thiruvateeswarar Devasthanam) and a fresh patta for R.S.No.1248, Triplicane; respondents 1-3 were the Special Commissioner/Commissioner for Land Administration, Collector, and Tahsildar Mylapore Triplicane. Petitioner made no appearance; petition dismissed for non-prosecution, no costs; merits not decided. Useful only as an example of dismissal under Order XI Rule 2-type non-prosecution practice; contains no precedent value.
What did the court decide?
With no representation for the petitioner when the matter was taken up for hearing, the court recorded that the petitioner was evidently not interested in prosecuting the matter further.