Raja .G v. The District Collector
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court (Madurai Bench), W.P(MD)No.5715 of 2022, decided 07.04.2026 by G.R.Swaminathan and R.Poornima JJ. Petitioner G.Raja sought mandamus under Article 226 for disposal of a stay application filed with Appeal No.E4/31243/2021 before the District Collector, Sivagangai, and interim protection of possession of S.No.197/13, Paluvoor Village, Kalaiyarkoil Taluk. Final order having been passed meanwhile, the petition was closed as infructuous with no costs; no merits adjudicated; no precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
As the final order in the underlying appeal had already been passed, the writ petition had become infructuous and was closed without any adjudication on the merits, with no costs, and the connected miscellaneous petition was likewise closed. ¶27