Arulmigu Thirumoolanathaswami v. The Revenue Divisional Officer

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 24.07.2015

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.SATHYANARAYANAN WP.No.22334/2015 Arulmigu Thirumoolanahaswami Thirukoil represented by its Executive Officer Mr.P.Sakthi, Puzhal, Chennai 600066.

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Petitioner

Versus

1.The Revenue Divisional Officer O/o.The Revenue Divisional Officer Ambattur, Chennai 600053.

2.The Tahsildar Madhavaram Taluk Office Madhavaram, Chennai 600060.

..Respondents Writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for a writ of mandamus directing the respondent to dispose of the appeal dated 23.12.2014 filed by the petitioner within a time frame to be fixed by this Court.

For Petitioner :

Mr.A.K.Sriram for M/s.A.S.Kailasam & Associates For RR 1 and 2 :

Mr.R.Vijayakumar, AGP

ORDER

By consent, the writ petition is taken up for final disposal. 2.The deponent of the affidavit is the Executive Officer of the temple which comes under the control of the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department and the said temple owns the following extent of lands:- Sl.No.

Survey No.

Extent [in acres] 270/2 1.92 306/6 0.14 306/7 0.36 1.40

Sl.No.

Survey No.

Extent [in acres] 1.92 299/1 0.08 299/2 1.53 1.63 270/1 1.30 1.17 1.20 378/2 0.46 1.11 4.02 2.46 266/1 0.41 1.08 2.24 306/42 10.00 The petitioner made a representation dated 20.02.2013 to the 2nd respondent praying for issuance of patta and certain details were sought for and the petitioner has also raised his objections to the 2nd respondent in not issuing patta in respect of S.Nos.306/42 admeasuring to an extent of 10 acres. As there was no response to the said representation, the petitioner sent another letter dated 27.10.2014 to the 2nd respondent. The petitioner, later on came to know on enquiry that there were fraudulent entries in the revenue records in respect of the lands owned by the temple. In this regard, the petitioner submitted a representation dated 04.06.

2015 to the 2nd respondent praying for conducting appropriate enquiry and issuance of patta in respect of the above said lands. Since no response is forthcoming, the petitioner came forward to file this writ petition. 3.Heard the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.R.Vijayakumar, learned Additional Government Pleader who accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. 4.This Court, taking into consideration the limited scope of the prayer sought for by the petitioner and without going into the merits of the same, directs the first respondent to consider and dispose of the petitioner's representation dated 04.06.

2015 after putting on notice the persons concerned and pass orders within a period of ten weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and communicate the decision to the petitioner as well as to the persons concerned.

5.The writ petition is disposed of accordingly. No costs. Sd/- Asst.Registrar (CS IV ) /true copy/ Sub Asst. Registrar AP To 1.The Revenue Divisional Officer O/o.The Revenue Divisional Officer Ambattur, Chennai 600053.

2.The Tahsildar Madhavaram Taluk Office Madhavaram, Chennai 600060.

+1 cc to Government Pleader sr.38060 +1 cc to M/S.A.S.Kailasam & Associates sr.37778 WP.No.22334/2015 nm(co) aa18/08/2015