V.Dhakshinamoorthy v. The District Collector

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 14.08.2019 CORAM :

The Hon'ble Mrs.VIJAYA K.TAHILRAMANI, CHIEF JUSTICE AND The Hon'ble Mr.JUSTICE M.DURAISWAMY W.P.No.11675 of 2019 V.Dakshinamoorthy .. Petitioner -vs1.The District Collector, Thiruvallur District, Thiruvallur.

2.The Tahsildhar, Thiruvallur Taluk, Thiruvallur.

3.The Block Development Officer, Poondi, Thiruvallur District.

4.Venugopal 5.V.Sathiamoorthy .. Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issue of Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents 1 to 3 to take appropriate action based on petitioner's representation dated 12.12.2018 to remove the fourth and fifth respondent being encroacher on Government land situated at S.No.503 of Poondi Village, Thiruvallur Taluk and District.

For Petitioner : Mr.S.Angamuthu For Respondents : Mr.S.Kamalesh Kannan Government Advocate for respondent Nos.1 to 3

Mr.Ravichandran Sundaresan for respondent Nos.4 and

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by M.Duraiswamy, J.) The petitioner has filed the above writ petition to issue a writ of mandamus directing respondent Nos.1 to 3 to take appropriate action based on the representation dated 12.12.2018 and to remove the encroachments made by respondent Nos.4 and 5 being encroachers on the Government land situated at Survey No.503 of Poondi Village, Thiruvallur Taluk and District.

2. When the writ petition was taken up for hearing on 24.07.2019, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner admitted that the compound wall has been demolished and that there was a concrete slab on the Well and the same has to be removed.

3. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned Government Advocate appearing for respondent Nos.1 to 3 submitted that the authorities have removed the concrete slab and also constructed a wall around the Well. Further, the learned Government Advocate submitted that the encroachments made by respondent Nos.4 and 5 have been removed by the authorities. The learned counsel for the petitioner also admitted that the respondent authorities have removed the encroachments made by respondent Nos.4 and

5. The submission made by the learned Government Advocate and the learned counsel for the petitioner is taken on record.

4. Since the respondent authorities have removed the encroachments made by respondent Nos.4 and 5, no further direction needs to be issued in the writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is closed. No costs. Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar

bbr To:

1.The District Collector, Thiruvallur District, Thiruvallur.

2.The Tahsildhar, Thiruvallur Taluk, Thiruvallur.

3.The Block Development Officer, Poondi, Thiruvallur District.

+1cc to Mr.S.Angamuthu , Advocate SR.No. 69678 +1cc to Mr.A.Subramani , Advocate SR.No. 69226 +1 cc to Government Pleader Sr.No. 70213 W.P.No.11675 of 2019 A.SK(10/09/2019)