Kapilan v. Sagadevan

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 20.08.2025

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE P.B. BALAJI CRP.No.3899 of 2025 Mr.Kapilan ... Petitioner Vs.

Ramachandiran (Died) 1.Sagadevan 2.Seethammal 3.Krishnaveni 4.Selvam 5.Saravanan 6.Poongavanam

7. Perumal 8.Venkatesan 9.Dhanalakshmi 10.Seenivasan 11.Maheswari 12.Narayanan 13.Inthirani Arumugam (Died) Subramani (Died) 14.Alamelu 15.Kundhiammal 16.Baggiyam 17.Dinakaran 18.Seenivasan 19.Rajadurai 20.Vijaya 21.Banupriya 22.Alamelu 23.Rajkumar 24.Vennila 1/4

25.Valli Kanagasabapathi (died) Thangavel (Died) 26.Chinnammal 27.Panchalai 28.Alamelu Jeyaraman (Died) 29.Ramadevan 30.Nagaraj Pappa (Died) 31.Sundaram 32.The District Collector, Salem Collectorate, Salem.

33.The Tahsildar, Salem Taluk, Salem.

34.T.Malliga 35.Mahalakshmi 36.Kesavan 37.Jayalakshmi 38.Krishnamoorthy 39.Rukmani 40.Kumar 41.Ravi 42.Panchalai 43.S.Muniappan 44.M.Saraswathi 45.Kasthuri 46.Palaniyammal 47.Dhanalakshmi 48.Rajamani 49.Durga 50.Kokila 51.Santhi 52.Sellammal 53.S.Boopathi 54.Ramesh 55.Manimekalai 56.Manikandan ... Respondents 2/4

PRAYER: Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of Constitution of India, to direct the learned II Additional Subordinate Judge, Salem to expedite the hearing and to dispose of the O.S. No.569 of 2010 within a time limit as stipulated by this Court.

For Petitioner : Mr.M.Palanivel

ORDER

The 26th defendant in O.S. No.569 of 2010, on the file of the II Additional Subordinate Judge, Salem is the revision petitioner. The revision petitioner seeks expeditious disposal of the suit.

2. In view of the limited relief sought for, notice to the respondents is hereby dispensed with.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner would invite my attention to the order passed by this Court in CRP. No.2396 of 2023, dated 17.07.2023 where this Court has already directed and dispose of the said suit within a period of one year from the date of receipt of the copy of the order, way back in July 2023 and despite the same, the suit is still pending and the 3/4

direction of this Court has not been complied.

4. In the light of the above, I am inclined to allow the Civil Revision Petition, I direct the learned II Additional Subordinate Judge, Salem to dispose of Interlocutory Applications if any, within a period of six (6) weeks from the date of receipt of the copy of the order, on merits and in accordance with law and dispose of the suit in O.S. No.569 of 2010, within a period of three (3) months, thereafter. Accordingly, this Civil Revision Petition is allowed. No costs.

20.08.2025 Speaking/Non-speaking : Yes/No Index : Yes / No rkp To The II Additional Subordinate Judge, Salem.

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