A.Soosai v. The District Collector Officer
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P(MD) No.21514 of 2023 | A.Soosai v. District Collector Officer, Pudukkottai District & others | Madurai Bench, Madras High Court | decided 09.02.2026 | encroachment removal from public pathway | S.No.794/9, Mullangkurichi South, Karambakudi Taluk, Pudukkottai District | private respondents 3-7 (Xavior, Anthony, Doni, Innasimuthu, Seshu) | Tahsildar directed to conduct survey after notice to private respondents and interested persons | removal under relevant statutory provisions if encroachment found | natural justice to be scrupulously complied with | merits not gone into | four-month deadline from receipt of copy of order | Article 226 writ of mandamus | Na.Ka.No.A8/592/2023 dt.13.06.2023 | disposed of, no costs.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with directions to the second respondent (Tahsildar, Karambakudi Taluk) to survey S.No.794/9 after issuing notices to the private respondents and interested persons, and, if encroachment of the public pathway is found, to remove it under the relevant statutory provisions while scrupulously observing natural justice; entire exercise to be completed within four months of receipt of a copy of the order; no costs.