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Jeevan v. the District Collector

Madras HC5 Jan 2026WP/45522/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Mandamus; Article 226; writ petition dismissed; encroachment removal; illegal blockage; Government Boosthithi Road; Nelaviyil Pathai; Thar Road repaving; village pathway to agricultural fields; injunction operating in civil suit by private respondents against District Collector; Survey Nos.695/2C & 698/2; Somanathapuram Village; Onnalvadi Panchayat; Hosur Taluk; Krishnagiri District; representation dated 29.09.2025; Madras High Court; Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava; G.Arul Murugan; no costs.

What did the court decide?

Relief sought in the petition cannot be granted, for the simple reason that in a suit filed by the private respondents against the District Collector, there is an injunction operating. ¶27

Jeevan Vs the District Collector — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2026)

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W.P.No.45522 of 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED: 05.01.2026

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CORAM :

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THE HONOURABLE MR. MANINDRA MOHAN SHRIVASTAVA,

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CHIEF JUSTICE AND

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.ARUL MURUGAN

W.P.No.45522 of 2025

Jeevan

.. Petitioner

Vs.

The District Collector District Collectorate Office Krishnagiri District.

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The Sub-Collector Sub-Collectorate Office Hosur - 635 109 Krishnagiri District.

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The Taluk Tahsildar Office of the Taluk Tahsildar Hosur - 635 109 Krishnagiri District.

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The Block Development Officer Office of the Block Development Officer Hosur - 635 109 Krishnagiri District.

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Ellappa

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Pappanna

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.. Respondents

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https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

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W.P.No.45522 of 2025

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Prayer : Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of Mandamus directing the Official Respondents 1 to 4 herein to remove the illegal encroachment and illegal blockage made by the private Respondents 5 and 6 herein in the Government Boosthithi Road/ Nelaviyil Pathai situated in Survey Nos.695/2C & 698/2 of Somanathapuram Village, Onnalvadi Panchayat and Post, Hosur Taluk, Krishnagiri District and permit the local authority to repave the Thar Road in the Government Boosthithi Road and thereby ensuring that the village community have permanent pathway to access their agricultural fields and their houses and to access the village community spaces like temple, play-ground, school etc., by using the Government Boosthithi Road without any disruption, on the basis of the representation dated 29.09.2025, within the time period to be stipulated by this Hon'ble Court.

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For Petitioner : Ms.R.Divyapreathika For Respondents : Mr.K.Karthik Jagannath Government Advocate for Respondents 1 to 4

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ORDER

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(Order of the Court was made by the Hon'ble Chief Justice)

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Relief sought in this petition cannot be granted for the simple

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reason that in a suit filed by private respondents against the District Collector, there is an injunction operating.

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