S.Kanagasabapathy, v. The District Revenue Officer,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 11.02.2015

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.S.SIVAGNANAM W.P. No.3454 of 2015 S.Kanagasabapathy ... Petitioner Vs.

1. The District Revenue officer Collectorate Office Kancheepuram

2. The Revenue Divisional Officer Collectorate Office Kancheepuram

3. The Special Tahsildar Town Land Revenue Planning Office Kancheepuram 4.N.Srinivasan 5.Perumalsamy 6.Jagadeesan ..Respondents PRAYER : Petition filed Under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of mandamus directing the first respondent to dispose the petitioner's appeal dated 01.09.2014 in pursuance to delete the names of the respondents 4 to 6 from Town Survey Field Register in Town Survey Nos.823 and 824/2 measuring about 7926 sq.ft situated at No.35/4-A, Mandu Kanneeswarar Koil Street, Big Kancheepuram, Kancheepuram District within a time frame as fixed by this Court.

For Petitioner : Mr.M.Saravanakumar For Respondents : Mr.P.Rajalakshmi Govt. Advocate for R1 to R3

O R D E R

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

2.Heard Mr.M.Saravanakumar, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Mrs.P.Rajalakshmi, learned Government Advocate appearing for respondents 1 to 3.

3. The petitioner seeks for a direction to the first respondent to dispose of the petitioner's appeal dated 01.09.2014. 4.Aggrieved by the order passed by the third respondent dated 07.08.2014, the petitioner has preferred an appeal on 01.09.2014 before the first respondent and has also sent a reminder to consider the appeal.

5.Since the writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage itself without notice to respondents 4 to 6, the merits of the allegation made against respondents 4 to 6 are gone into and it is left open to be considered by the competent authority.

6. In the light of the above, without going into the merits of the petitioner's contention, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the first respondent to dispose of the appeal preferred by the petitioner, after issuing notice to respondents 4 to 6. The above said direction shall be complied with by the first respondent within a period of 4 months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs.

gpa Sd/- Assistant Registrar, //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar To

1. The District Revenue officer, Collectorate Office, Kancheepuram.

2. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Collectorate Office, Kancheepuram.

3. The Special Tahsildar, Town Land Revenue Planning Office, Kancheepuram.

+ 1 CC TO GOVT.PLEADER, SR.7570/15.

+ 1 CC TO M.Saravanakumar, Advocate Sr.7334/15. W.P. No.3454 of 2015 KR/21/2/15