Senthilkumar.R v. The State Of Tamil Nadu
2026:MHC:920
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 04.03.2026
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.SURENDER and C.M.P.Nos.4930 & 5128 of 2023 W.A.No.520 of 2023:
1.Senthilkumar. R 2.Elavarasan. S 3.Rajasekar. C 4.Kumar. R 5.Veerapathiran. K 6.Selvarasu. G 7.Ravi.K 8.Thangappan. R 9.Ezhilselvan. P 10.Sridevi. V 11.Pandiyan. R 12.Krishnasamy. C 13.Natarajan. K 14.Thiruvenkatam. T 15.Thenmozhi. K 16.Velmurugan. R 17.Embamoorthy. K 18.Dhatchnamoorthy. K 19.Sundaramoorthy. R 1/17
20.Subramaniyan. T 21.Gnanasundari. D 22.Renganathan. K 23.Palanivel. C 24.Manikandan. K 25.Selvakumar. R ...Appellants Vs.
1.The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by its Secretary to Government, Agriculture Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 09.
2.The Commissioner of Sugar, II Floor, Aavinillam, 3A, Pasumpon Muthuramalinganar Salai, Nandanam, Chennai - 600 035.
3.E.I.D. Parry (India) Limited, Dare House, 234, NSC Bose Road, Parrys Corner, Chennai - 600 001.
4.The Managing Director, M.R.K. Cooperative Sugar Mills, Sethiathope, Cuddalore District - 608 702.
...Respondents
PRAYER in W.A.No.520 of 2023 : The Writ Appeal filed under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent praying to set aside the order W.P.No.1084 of 2023 dated 15.02.2023.
For Appellants : Mr.J.Adithya Reddy For Respondents : Dr.S.Suriya, Addl. Govt. Pleader for R1, R2 & R4 Mr.Rahul Balaji for R3 2/17
W.A.No.555 of 2023:
1. S. Rajendran
2. Velmurugan K
3. K. Sasikumar
4. V. Mahalakshmi
5. K. Gopalsamy
6. R. Murugan
7. K. Devendran
8. V. Mummoorthy
9. M. Nithya Lakshmi 10.S. Dhanalakshmi 11.V. Sabesan 12.C. Elamparithi 13.R. Murugesan 14.T. Arulappan 15.K. Thiruvengadam 16.Ramanujam K 17.Raju R 18.Venkatesan A 19.K. Vijayakumar 3/17
20.Vijayalakshmi 21.Ambika 22.Valarmathy B 23.Thangadurai 24.Sudhakar .R 25.Selvarasan 26.Kathiravan C 27.K. Krishnamoorthy 28.A. Dhanasekaran 29.Madhan Raj .M 30.Ravi K 31.Karthikeyan C 32.Radhakrishnan G 33.Nainardoss A 34.Valarkannan C 35.Gajendiran T 36.Bavani J 37.Chinnaraja G 38.Thirugnasambanthan T 39.Shoba R 4/17
40.Deviganga T 41.Pari A 42.Soundhari K 43.Annadurai K 44.Tamilarasan J 45.Mahalingam R 46.Kannan C 47.Thangam K 48.Dhanalakshmi .N 49.Selvarasu R 50.Sumathi E 51.P. Kannan 52.Revathi S 53.Ariharan S 54.Silambarasan 55.T. Rajan 56.Kathiravan G 57.Rajeshwarai R 58.Katturaja S 59.Kathirvel S 5/17
60.Vijayasarathi .R 61.R. Vijaya 62.Rajendiran K 63.M. Amutha 64.Rajendiran K 65.Renuka .K 66.Kolanchinathan .T 67.Rajendiran .K 68.Elavarasi G 69.Balakrishnan K 70.Kolanjinathan E 71.Jayanthi C 72.Anbazhagan K 73.Pandurangan B 74.Vijayakumar K 75.Kathiravan G 76.kamalam M 77.S. Ganesan 78.Saravanakumar E 79.Sembaiyan V 6/17
80.Siva N 81.Rajeshwari P 82.M. Selvi 83.Selvam R 84.Rajavel C 85.Therthamani G 86.Megarajan N 87.Velmurugan S 88.Gopalakrishnan V 89.Mathiyazhagan P 90.Manimegalai K 91.Gopal A 92.Chinnadurai R 93.Manivasagan T 94.Ramalingam R 95.Rajan T 96.Selvarasu K 97.Balakrishnan R 98.Velmurugan K 99.Amutha M 7/17
100.
Ramesh S 101.
Pitchapillai C 102.
Sakthivel G 103.
Ramamoorthy 104.
Pandian G 105.
Sundaram P 106.
Ilayaraja S 107.
Selvaraju. R 108.
Raja V 109.
Veerasamy 110.
Jayakodi P 111.
Vimalraj S 112.
Panjanathan 113.
Rajendiran J 114.
Sivasamy M 115.
Velmurugan S 116.
Arunachalam D 117.
Sekar V 118.
Dhanapandian R 119.
Subramaniyan T 8/17
120.
Selvam V 121.
A. Malliga 122.
Annadurai R 123.
Sudha A 124.
Anitha A 125.
Elangovan D 126.
Radhika J 127.
Revathi J 128.
Rani B 129.
Thirumal P 130.
Velmurugan A 131.
Kasthuri S 132.
Rajendran D 133.
Ravichandran A.K 134.
Velu V 135.
Vijayan S 136.
Sivaprakasam V 137.
Ravichandran R 138.
Karpakam B 139.
Krishnasami R 9/17
140.
Annadurai R 141.
Rajasekar R 142.
Azhagudurai K 143.
Balamurugan R 144.
Govindharasu T 145.
Rajeswari R 146.
Anthonisamy M 147.
Selvarasu K 148.
Velmurugan R 149.
Tamil Mani K 150.
Lakshmanan K 151.
Balasubramaniyan P 152.
Kalaiyarasi S 153.
Senthilkumar K 154.
Radhakrishnan S 155.
Ramar 156.
Lakshmi S 157.
Sundaramoorthy P 158.
Vengadesan C 159.
Sivagami A 10/17
160.
Sinivasan V 161.
Deivasigamani M 162.
Dhanalakshmi S 163.
Balasubramaniyan 164.
Gowri 165.
Anbumani B 166.
Rajendiran A 167.
Ravichandran R 168.
Tamilmani R 169.
Elavarasan S 170.
Ravichandran V 171.
Vallalar P 172.
Selvarasu A 173.
Panjanathan D 174.
Thilagavathi 175.
Azhagudurai K 176.
M. Sendamilselvi 177.
Kolanji K 178.
Selvi .M 179.
Elaiyaperumal S ...Appellants 11/17
Vs.
1.The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by its Secretary to Government, Agriculture Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 09.
2.The Commissioner of Sugar, II Floor, Aavinillam, 3A, Pasumpon Muthuramalinganar Salai, Nandanam, Chennai - 600 035.
3.E.I.D. Parry (India) Limited, Dare House, 234, NSC Bose Road, Parrys Corner, Chennai - 600 001.
4.The Managing Director, M.R.K. Cooperative Sugar Mills, Sethiathope, Cuddalore District - 608 702.
5.Senthilkumar. R 6.Elavarasan. S 7.Rajasekar. C 8.Kumar. R 9.Veerapathiran. K 10.Selvarasu. G 11.Ravi.K 12.Thangappan. R 13.Ezhilselvan. P 14.Sridevi. V 15.Pandiyan. R 16.Krishnasamy. C 17.Natarajan. K 12/17
18.Thiruvenkatam. T 19.Thenmozhi. K 20.Velmurugan. R 21.Embamoorthy. K 22.Dhatchnamoorthy. K 23.Sundaramoorthy. R 24.Subramaniyan. T 25.Gnanasundari. D 26.Renganathan. K 27.Palanivel. C 28.Manikandan. K 29.Selvakumar. R
...Respondents
PRAYER in W.A.No.555 of 2023 : The Writ Appeal filed under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent praying to set aside the order W.P.No.1084 of 2023 dated 15.02.2023.
For Appellants : Mr.J.Adithya Reddy For Respondents : Dr.S.Suriya, Addl. Govt. Pleader for R1, R2 & R4 Mr.Rahul Balaji for R3 W.A.No.539 of 2023:
E.I.D. Parry (India) Limited, Rep. by its Senior Vice President - Legal & Company Secretary, Mr.Biswas Mohan Rath, Dare House, 234, NSC Bose Road, Parrys Corner, Chennai - 600 001.
... Appellant Vs.
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1.The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by its Secretary to Government, Agriculture Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 09.
2.The Commissioner of Sugar, II Floor, Aavinillam, 3A, Pasumpon Muthuramalinganar Salai, Nandanam, Chennai - 600 035.
3.The Managing Director, M.R.K. Cooperative Sugar Mills, Sethiathope, Cuddalore District - 608 702.
... Respondents PRAYER in W.A.No.539 of 2023 : The Writ Appeal filed under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent praying to set aside the order dated 15.02.2023 passed in W.P.No.1536 of 2023.
For Appellant : Mr.Rahul Balaji For Respondents : Dr.S.Suriya, Addl. Govt. Pleader for R1, R2 & R4 ***** C O M M O N
J U D G M E N T
(Judgment of the Court was delivered by S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.) The respective learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties to the lis would fairly submit that the cause as well as the issues in the present proceedings became vanished on account of subsequent developments occurred.
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2. In this regard the proceedings of the Director of Sugar and Cane Commissioner dated 29.06.2024 would show that the additional portion of sugarcane fields allotted in favour of the appellants were re-allocated after revival of the original Company viz., Ambika Sugars Ltd., In view of these changes, further adjudication in respect of grounds raised in the present intraCourt appeal is unnecessary.
3. The learned counsel for the appellant in W.A.No.539 of 2023 would submit that the appellant will pay the costs within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.
4. In view of the above factum, the present Writ Appeals stand closed. No costs. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petitions are also closed.
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To 1.The Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Agriculture Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 09.
2.The Commissioner of Sugar, II Floor, Aavinillam, 3A, Pasumpon Muthuramalinganar Salai, Nandanam, Chennai - 600 035.
3.E.I.D. Parry (India) Limited, Dare House, 234, NSC Bose Road, Parrys Corner, Chennai - 600 001.
4.The Managing Director, M.R.K. Cooperative Sugar Mills, Sethiathope, Cuddalore District - 608 702.
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S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.
and K.SURENDER, J.
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