Mr.C.Ananda Geethan, v. The Chairman

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED :05.02.2020

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE T.S.SIVAGNANAM W.P.No. 32564 of 2016 Mr.C. Ananda Geethan

...Petitioner

-vs1. The Chairman, Tamil Nadu Generation and Electricity Distribution of Corporation, TANGEDCO, Anna Salai, Chennai - 600 002.

2. Superintent Engineer, Office of Superintent Engineer, Electricity Distribution Circle, Namakkal District, Namakkal - 637 001.

3. Executive Engineer, Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, TANGEDCO, Namakkal - 637 001.

4. Kandasamy

5. Ponnusamy

6. Perriyannan

7. Pachamuthu

8. Annavi ... Respondents Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of Writ of Mandamus, to pass an order after perusal of the representation dated 07.06.2016 and conduct and enquiry within a time frame to safeguard the petitioner's property. For Petitioner : Mr. S.N. Amarnath For Respondents : Mr.N. Damodharan Standing Counsel [R1 to R3] Mr.K.A.Mariappan [R4] Mr.P. Mathivanan [R7] Mr.S.Thangavel [R6 & R8] R5- Expired 1/3

ORDER

Heard Mr.S.N.Amarnath, learned counsel for petitioner, Mr.N.Damodharan, learned Standing counsel for the respondents 1 to 3, Mr.K.A.Mariappan, learned counsel for 4th respondent, Mr.P.Mathivanan, learned counsel for 7th respondent and Mr.S. Thangavel, learned counsel for respondents 6 and 8.

2. With consent of learned counsel on either side, the writ petition itself is taken up for final disposal.

3. The petitioner seeks for a Writ of Mandamus, to direct the official respondents viz., the Electricity Board to consider his representation dated 07.06.2016.

4. The representation has been considered and the Superintending Engineer, the 2nd respondent has given a reply on 18.04.2017, a copy of which has been produced by the learned counsel for petitioner. Therefore, if the petitioner is aggrieved by any such observations in the said proceedings, it is open to the petitioner to work out his remedy in accordance with law. The learned counsel for petitioner submitted that none of the private respondents are entitled for the House Tax Assessment and the Block Development Officer has cancelled the house tax assessments granted in the name of the 7 persons. These are all the subsequent development after filing of the writ petition and at this juncture, the prayer sought for in this writ petition has worked itself out.

With the above observations, the writ petition is disposed of by giving liberty to the petitioner to approach the appropriate forum to work out his remedy in accordance with law. No costs.

-s/d- Assistant Registrar True Copy Sub-Assistant Registrar mp 2/3

To

1. The Chairman, Tamil Nadu Generation and Electricity Distribution of Corporation, TANGEDCO, Anna Salai, Chennai - 600 002.

2. The Superintent Engineer, Office of Superintent Engineer, Electricity Distribution Circle, Namakkal District, Namakkal - 637 001.

3. The Executive Engineer, Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, TANGEDCO, Namakkal - 637 001.

+1 cc to Mr.P.Mathivanan Advocate sr9951 +1 cc to Mr.Dr.S.N.Amarnath Advocate sr9235 +1 cc to Mr.N.Damodaran Advocate sr9898 W.P.No.32564 of 2016 aa02/06/2020 3/3