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S.Jeyaprakash v. The District Revenue Officer

2016-05-05Honourable Mr Justice K.K. Sasidharan3 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 05.05.2016 Coram The Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.K.SASIDHARAN W.P.No.17314 of 2016 and W.M.P.No.14790 of 2016 S.Jeyaprakash ..

Petitioner Vs.

1.The District Revenue Officer, Thiruvallur District, Thiruvallur.

2.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Ambattur, Thiruvallur District.

3.The Tahsildar, Maduravoyal Taluk, Maduravoyal, Thiruvallur District.

4.S.Senthilkumar ..

Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a writ of mandamus directing the first respondent to pass an order on the revision petition dated 26.04.2016 filed by the petitioner.

For Petitioner ..

Ms.P.T.Asha for Mr.P.Krishnan For Respondents ..

Mr.L.Mahendran, Govt. Advocate for R1 to R3

ORDER

The petitioner filed a statutory revision petition before the District Revenue Officer, Thiruvallur, challenging the order passed by the second respondent. The petitioner also filed a stay petition before the first respondent to grant stay of all further proceedings pursuant to the order passed by the Revenue Divisional Officer, Ambattur. Since action was not taken either for disposal of the revision on merits or disposal of stay petition, the petitioner has come up with this writ petition.

2.Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Advocate on behalf of respondents 1 to 3. 3.The learned Government Advocate, by producing a copy of the communication dated 04.05.2016, submitted that the District Revenue Officer would dispose of the revision petition within a period of three months. The said submission is recorded. 4.The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that throughout the proceedings before the Revenue Divisional Officer, there was a stay of the order passed by the third respondent and as such, the said position should be maintained till the disposal of the revision petition.

5.The first respondent seeks three months' time to dispose of the revision. Even as per the first respondent, the stay petition is pending for consideration. There is no point in keeping the stay petition pending without passing orders thereon. 6.The first respondent is directed to consider and dispose of the stay petition filed by the petitioner as expeditiously as possible and in any case, on or before 31.05.2016 with notice to the fourth respondent. Status quo as on today shall be maintained with respect to revenue records, till a decision is taken by the first respondent in the stay petition filed by the petitioner.

7.The writ petition is disposed of with the above direction. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(VO) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar To 1.The District Revenue Officer, Thiruvallur District, Thiruvallur.

2.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Ambattur, Thiruvallur District.

3.The Tahsildar, Maduravoyal Taluk, Maduravoyal, Thiruvallur District.

+1cc to Mr.P.Krishnan Associates Sr.28128 W.P.No.17314 of 2016 ca(CO) srg(06/05/2016)