A.Louis v. The Commissioner

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 17.06.2025

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.SUNDAR THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT CHANDANGOUDAR A. Louis Petitioner vs.

1.

The Commissioner Greater Chennai Corporation Chennai-3 The Zonal Executive Engineer Zone XIII, Greater Chennai Corporation Division 174, Guindy Chennai-600 032 The Chairman Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board Kamarajar Salai, Chennai-5 The Chief Engineer Tamil Nadu Highways Department Sardar Patel Road, Chennai 600 025 5.

Sankar 6.

Muniammal 7.

Pachayammal 8.

Narayanan 9.

Thoppili 10.

Janaki Page Nos.1/6

11.

Murthy 12.

Durai Respondents Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of mandamus directing the respondents 1 to 4 to demolish the encroachments made by the respondents 5 to 12 by encroaching the public road and also the place earmarked for public convenience by the 3rd respondent herein on the eastern side of 22nd Street, Kannikapuram, Guindy, Chennai-32. For petitioner No appearance For RR1 & 2 Mr. A. Arun Babu Standing Counsel For R3 Mr.S.Karthikeyan, Standing Counsel For R4 Mr. T.K. Saravanan Addl. Govt. Pleader For RR 5 to 10 No appearance For RR 11 & 12 Mr. P. Thamaraiselvam

ORDER

[made by M.SUNDAR, J.] Read this in conjunction with and in continuation of earlier proceedings made in the previous listing yesterday (16.06.2025) which reads as follows:

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'W.P.No.7439 of 2024 M.SUNDAR,J.

AND HEMANT CHANDANGOUDAR,J.

(Order of the Court was made by M.SUNDAR, J.) There is no representation for writ petitioner either in the physical Court or on VC (video conferencing) platform (to be noted, this is a hybrid hearing, which is a regular/routine/ daily feature in this Court) but learned Standing Counsel for official respondents are before us.

2. With the intention of giving opportunity to writ petitioner and learned counsel for writ petitioner, list this matter again on 17.06.2025 but under the cause list caption 'FOR DISMISSAL'.

(M.S,J.) (H.C,J.) 16.06.2025'

Pursuant to the aforesaid proceedings, captioned 'writ petition' [hereinafter 'WP' for the sake of brevity] is listed today under the cause list caption 'FOR DISMISSAL'.

Mr. A. Arun Babu, learned Standing Counsel for RR 1 and 2, Mr. S. Karthikeyan, learned counsel for R3, Mr. T.K. Saravanan, learned Additional Government Pleader for R4 Mr.P.Thamaraiselvam, learned counsel for RR 11 and 12, are before us Page Nos.3/6

but there is no representation for writ petitioner today also either in the physical Court or on the VC platform (To be noted, this is a hybrid hearing which is a regular/routine/daily feature in this Court). Sequitur is captioned WP is dismissed for default/nonprosecution. There shall be no order as to costs. (M.S., J.) (H.C., J.) 17.06.2025 cad Page Nos.4/6

To 1.

The Commissioner Greater Chennai Corporation Chennai-3 The Zonal Executive Engineer Zone XIII, Greater Chennai Corporation Division 174, Guindy Chennai-600 032 The Chairman Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board Kamarajar Salai, Chennai-5 The Chief Engineer Tamil Nadu Highways Department Sardar Patel Road, Chennai 600 025 Page Nos.5/6

M.SUNDAR, J.

HEMANT CHANDANGOUDAR, J.

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