P.Venkatesan @ G.P.Venkatesan v. The District Collector,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 06.08.2024

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.DHANDAPANI And W.M.P.Nos.7540 of 2020 and 19476 of 2021 P.Venkatesan ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The District Collector No.7/1, State Bank Road, 2.The Commissioner of Police, Commissioner of Police Office, Coimbatore City, Huzur Road, Uppilipalayam, 3.The Deputy Inspector General of Registration, No.6/1, GRD Road, Opp. Air Force Admin. College, Redfields, Coimbatore - 641 018.

4.The District Registrar Societies District Registrar Office, No.102, State Bank Road, Opp. Railway Police Station, 5.The Revenue Divisional Officer, No.7/1, State Bank Road, Gopalapuram, 1/4

6.P.Kaaliyappan 7.I.S.Mani 8.A.Gurusamy 9.S.Srinivasan 10.A.Palanisamy 11.P.Marudhan 12.M.Appavu 13.P.S.Arumugam 14.S.Paramashivan Aasari (Umar Shankar) ... Respondents Prayer:

Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondent Nos.1 to 5 to take action against the respondent Nos.6 to 14 from using the erstwhile Society in the name and style of 'Then Maavatta Maanattu Vakuppu Viswa Karma Uravin Murai Sangam' bearing Registration No.26/1983 which was cancelled by the District Registrar vide Tamilnadu Government Gazette dated 24.08.2005 thereby engaged in illegal activities such as collection of funds, subscription, charity funds, donation etc. from the members of our community in a deceiving manner to defraud and cheat them based on the representation dated 01.11.2019 and 24.01.2020 made by the petitioner. For Petitioner : Mr.G.V.Sridharan For Respondents : Mr.U.Baranidharan for R1 and R5 Additional Government Pleader Mr.L.S.M.Hasan Fizal for R2 to R4 Additional Government Pleader 2/4

O R D E R

The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has made the following endorsement in the petition:

'The petitioner without prejudice withdraw the writ with liberty to contest before the pending suit before DMC, Coimbatore'.

2.In view of the endorsement made by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, this writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with the above liberty. No costs. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petitions are closed. 06.08.2024 pri Index: Yes/ No Speaking Order: Yes/ No NCC: Yes/ No To 1.The District Collector No.7/1, State Bank Road, 3/4

M.DHANDAPANI,J.

pri 2.The Commissioner of Police, Commissioner of Police Office, Coimbatore City, Huzur Road, Uppilipalayam, 3.The Deputy Inspector General of Registration, No.6/1, GRD Road, Opp. Air Force Admin. College, Redfields, Coimbatore - 641 018.

4.The District Registrar Societies District Registrar Office, No.102, State Bank Road, Opp. Railway Police Station, 5.The Revenue Divisional Officer, No.7/1, State Bank Road, Gopalapuram, And W.M.P.Nos.7540 of 2020 and 19476 of 2021 06.08.2024 4/4