K.Karthikeyan, S/O.Kathirkaman v. The Collector/Chairman

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 12.10.2022

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE P.D. AUDIKESAVALU and M.P. No. 2 of 2014 K.Karthikeyan ... Petitioner -vs1. The Collector/Chairman, District Rural Development Agency, Villupuram District, Villupuram - 605602.

2. The Block Development Officer (V.P.), Panchayat Union Office, Sankarapuram - 606401, Villupuram District.

3. A.Kalyana Sundaram, Block Development Officer (V.P.), Panchayat Union Officer, Sankarapuram - 606401, Villupuram District.

4. The Branch Manager, State Bank of India, Sankarapuram - 606401, Villupuram District.

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Prayer:- Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950, praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus, calling for all the connected and relevant records relating to the proceedings Na.Ka.No.Aa2/17/2014 dated 23.07.2014 of the Second Respondent and quash the same and direct the Fourth Respondent to permit the Petitioner and the Vice President of Vadachettiyanthal to operate all the Bank Accounts in the State Bank of India, Sankarapuram Branch of the Vadachettiyanthal Village Panchayat. For Petitioner :

Ms. S.Buvaneswari For Respondents :

Mr. P.Balathandayutham, Special Government Pleader (for R1 to R3)

O R D E R

Learned Counsel for the Petitioner states that the tenure of the Petitioner as the President of Vadachettiyanthal Village Panchayat has lapsed and he has died after the filing of the Writ Petition. She has also made an endorsement to that effect in the court record.

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In view of the same, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. Consequently, the connected Miscellaneous Petition is closed. 12.10.2022 kv Index: Yes/No Note: Issue order copy by 28.10.2022.

To

1. The Collector/Chairman, District Rural Development Agency, Villupuram District, Villupuram - 605602.

2. The Block Development Officer (V.P.), Panchayat Union Office, Sankarapuram - 606401, Villupuram District.

3. The Block Development Officer (V.P.), Panchayat Union Officer, Sankarapuram - 606401, Villupuram District.

4. The Branch Manager, State Bank of India, Sankarapuram - 606401, Villupuram District.

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P.D. AUDIKESAVALU, J.

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