Mrs.Santhanalakshmi Ammal v. M.Sambathkumar

In the High Court of Judicature at Madras Dated : 06.12.2019 Coram :

The Honourable Mr.Justice T.S.SIVAGNANAM Contempt Petition No.1365 of 2015 Mrs.Santhanalakshmi Ammal

...Petitioner

Vs 1.Mr.M.Sambathkumar, District Revenue Officer, Kancheepuram, Kancheepuram District.

2.Mr.D.Ravichandran, Tahsildar, Sholinganallur, Kancheepuram District.

3.Mr.V.Senthil, Headquarters Deputy Tahsildar, Sholinganallur, Kancheepuram District.

4.Mr.S.Ashokan, S/O Late G.S.Subramaniya Iyer, F-403 Shriram Samruddhi Apartment, Whitefield Road, Ban Kundala Halli Gate 560037, Karnataka.

5.Mrs.Jayalakshmi Ganesan, D/O Late G.S.Subramaniya Iyer, 35/7A Ashijaya Estate Nihong (Post), Kotagiri 643217, Nilgiri District.

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6.Mr.S.Veeraraghavan, S/O Late G.S.Subramaniya Iyer, 142 St. John Road, Toronto Ontario, Canada M6P 1 T 9.

7.Mr.S.Natarajan, S/O Late G.S Subramaniya Iyer, No D.11/2220 Vasanth Kunj, New Delhi 110070.

8.Mr.S.Ganapathy, S/O Late G.S.Subramaniya Iyer, Shangrils Nihong Post, Kothagiri, Nilgiris District 643 217

...Respondents

PETITION under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act to punish the respondents, who have wilfully and wantonly disobeyed the order of this Court dated 30.1.2014 in W.P.No.1220 of 2014.

For Petitioner :

Mr.K.M.Vijayan, SC for M/s.T.Karthick Srinath & N.Somanathan For Respondents 1 to 3:

Mr.N.Srinivasan, AGP For Respondents 4 to 8:

Mr.S.Thangasivan 2/4

ORDER

This contempt petition has been filed alleging willful disobedience of the interim direction/observations made in W.P.No.1220 of 2014 in the order dated 30.1.2014, in which, there is a mention that this Court directed vide order dated 10.1.2014 that no steps should be taken to change the revenue records till 17.1.2014.

2. It is submitted by Mr.Thangasivan, learned counsel for respondents 4 to 8 that well before the said date, the revenue records have been mutated, that the names of respondents 4 to 8 have been mutated in the revenue records, that thereafter, they got police protection and took possession and that their right, title and possession were declared by the competent civil court as confirmed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court.

3. Accordingly, the contempt petition is closed. However, since the matter pertains to issuance of patta and since the private respondents are stated to have gone upto the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the civil proceedings and succeeded and in view of the fact that the revenue records 3/4

have already been mutated and that they were put in possession, status quo regarding the entries in the revenue records as well as possession, which is stated to be in the hands of the private respondents prevailing as on date i.e. 06.12.2019 shall be maintained till the disposal of WP.Nos.1220 and 3371 of 2014.

SD/- ASSISTANT REGISTRAR(COMM.CASES) rs //Certified to be true copy// Dated at Madras this the day of 2020. COURT OFFICER(O.S.) from 25th day of September 2008 the Registry is issuing Certified copies of the Orders/Judgments/Decrees in this format.

SMI/06/01/2020 To 1.District Revenue Officer, Kancheepuram, Kancheepuram District.

2.Tahsildar, Sholinganallur, Kancheepuram District.

3.Headquarters, Deputy Tahsildar, Sholinganallur, Kancheepuram District.

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