Madras High CourtWP/11338/2026disposed of

Arasayee v. The Appellate Authority

2026-06-03Honourable Mr.Justice Mohammed Shaffiq5 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 03-06-2026

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MOHAMMED SHAFFIQ and WMP No.12352 of 2026

1. Arasayee

2. Ramprasath

3. Ramprakash

4. Ramsurya ..Petitioners Vs

1. The Appellate Authority Commercial Taxes and Registration (G) Department, Secretariat, St. George Fort, Chennai-600 009.

2. Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Chit Funds (P) Ltd., No.2, First Floor Mela Radha Veethy, Chitambaram, 608 001.

3. Baskar

4. S. Periyasamy

5. D. Ravichandran

6. T. Natarajan

7. G. Sakthivel

8. V. Vimal

9. P. Maarajan 10.K. Thirumurugan ..Respondents PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue Writ of Mandamus, for a direction to the 1st Respondent to

dispose the Appeal in Appeal No.11684253/G/2025 on the file of first respondent filed by petitioners against Respondents 2 to 10, within a stipulated period of time.

For Petitioner :

Mr.V.Vijayakumar For Respondents :

Mr.P.Elayaraj Kumar for Government for R1 R3 to 10 - Service awaited

ORDER

The writ petition has been filed for a direction to first respondent to dispose Appeal in Appeal No.11684253/G/2025 on the file of first respondent filed by petitioners against respondents 2 to 10, within a time frame to be fixed by this Court.

2. Learned State Counsel appearing for first respondent would submit that they would consider petitioners' appeal dated 12.09.2025 and pass appropriate orders, in accordance with law, after affording opportunity of hearing to petitioners, and respondents 2 to 10, within a time frame to be fixed by this Court.

3. In view thereof, there shall be a direction to first respondent, to consider petitioners' appeal dated 12.09.2025 on its own merits and pass appropriate orders, in accordance with law, after affording reasonable

opportunity of hearing to petitioners and respondents 2 to 10, within a period of twelve (12) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any views with regard to the merits of the case.

4. Accordingly, writ petition stands disposed of. There will be no order as to costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed. 03-06-2026 Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order MRN To

1. The Appellate Authority Commercial Taxes and Registration (G) Department, Secretariat, St. George Fort, Chennai-600 009.

MOHAMMED SHAFFIQ, J.

MRN 03-06-2026