R.Ganeshan v. the District Collector
Case brief
What is this about?
Venue/hall booking dispute: Gandhi Thidal, Gudalur (The Nilgiris); booking priority by earlier fee payment (3rd respondent paid 24.11.2025, petitioner paid 08.12.2025); Neelagiri Maavatta Tamil Sangam vs Guddalur Tamil Sangam; Commissioner, Gudalur Municipality allotment order Na.Ka.No.1265/2025 H1 dated 12.12.2025; simultaneous meetings impossible; vested right of prior allottee protected; relief moulded as full-day permission for 10.01.2026 including forenoon and afternoon; writ petition disposed of, no costs; Madras High Court; V. Lakshminarayanan J.; WP No. 265 of 2026; decided 08-01-2026.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of without quashing the impugned order: the 2nd respondent is directed to permit the petitioner to hold events on the entire day of 10.01.2026 at Gandhi Thidal (instead of from 2.00 p.m.), with the petitioner enabled to hold its meeting both in the forenoon and afternoon on that date; no costs.