The Madras Vanaspati Ltd., v. Cpalani And 4 Others

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 17.04.2025 CORAM :

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE K.RAJASEKAR Contempt Petition No.3618 of 2024 The Madras Vanaspati Ltd., by its Managing Director Thiru.A.Kodeeswaran No.18, Power House Road ..

Petitioner v.

1. Dr.C.Palani, I.A.S., District Collector

2. Mrs.M.Parameswari District Revenue Officer

3. Mr.A.Veeramuthukumar Commissioner Villupuram Municipality

4. Ms.B.Kaimozhi Thasildhar

5. Mr.Viswanath Eerya Divisional Railway Manager Southern Railways Park Town, Chennai ..

Respondents Petition filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 praying to punish the respondents for wilful disobedience of the order dated 05.01.2024 made in W.P.No.11500 of 2020.

For Petitioner ::

Mr.M.Ganamoorthy For Respondents ::

Mr.A.Selvendran Special Government Pleader for R1, R2 & R4 Mr.P.Srinivas for R3 Mr.AR.L.Sundaresan Additional Solicitor General of India assisted by Mr.R.Rajesh Vivekananthan Deputy Solicitor General of India for R5

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by S.M.SUBRAMANIAM,J.) The learned Special Government Pleader for the State and the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Villupuram Municipality would submit

that the temple on the middle of the road was removed. The learned Special Government Pleader would submit that the encroachers are identified and alternate lands also have been provided to the encroachers. The learned Additional Solicitor General of India would submit that railway land is also involved. The learned Special Government Pleader in reply would submit that the property belonging to Southern Railway had been marked and handed over to the railway authorities.

2. The encroachments in the railway property are to be removed by the competent authorities by following the procedures. It is needless to state that the railway authorities shall seek the assistance of the jurisdictional police and revenue authorities for the purpose of evicting the encroachers from the railway property. With this observation, the contempt petition stands closed.

Index : yes (S.M.S.,J.) (K.R.S.,J.) 17.04.2025 ss

To

1. The District Collector

2. The District Revenue Officer

3. The Commissioner Villupuram Municipality

4. The Tahsildar

5. The Divisional Railway Manager Southern Railways Park Town, Chennai

S.M.SUBRAMANIAM,J.

AND K.RAJASEKAR,J.

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