Jayalakshmi v. The Secretary To Government Of
WMP NO. 519 of 2025
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 07-02-2025
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE M.DHANDAPANI WMP NOS. 519 AND 520 OF 2025 Jayalakshmi W/o.M.S.Prabhakaran, NO.41, R.K.Mutt Road, Mylapore, Chennai 4 and 2 Others Petitioner(s) Vs The Secretary to Government of Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments Department, Fort St. George, Chennai 9 Chennai and 3 Others Respondent(s) WMP NO. 520 of 2025 N.Adikesavan, S/o.Late Neelavnna Mudaliar (Original Lessee), No.39, R.K.Mutt Road, Mylapore, Chennai 4 Petitioner(s) Vs The Secretary to Government of Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments Department, Fort St. George, Chennai 9 Chennai and 3 Others Respondent(s) IN BOTH WMPs:
For Petitioner(s): V.Ragupathi For Respondent(s): Mr. S. Ravichandran, AGP, for R1 to R3 Mr. Topaz Wilson, for M/s.A.S.Kailasam, for R4 COMMON ORDER These Miscellaneous petitions have been filed seeking to modify the common order of this Court dated 30.09.2024 in and by which the above Writ petitions were disposed of with a direction to the respective petitioners to pay the respective arrear amounts by way of 10 installments and in addition to that, the petitioners were directed to continue paying the respective monthly fair rent and failing which, it was left open to the H.R. & C.E. Department to evict the respective petitioners from the subject premises within a period of four weeks from the date of default committed by the respective petitioners.
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2. When the matters were taken up for hearing, it was brought to the notice of this Court that, in respect of the petitioners in W.P.No.1147 of 2019, the total arrears amount is Rs.19,75,200/- and the monthly fair rent is fixed at Rs.35,000/- and as on 07.02.2025, the balance arrears amount to be paid by the petitioners in W.P.No.1147 of 2019 comes to around Rs.15,60,200/- and insofar as the petitioner in W.P.No.1157 of 2019 is concerned, the total arrears amount is Rs.13,86,000/- and the monthly fair rent is fixed at Rs.26,200/- and as on 07.02.2025, the petitioner has paid a sum of Rs.5,05,800/- towards arrears and had paid the monthly fair rent for the above said period of five months without any default and the balance arrears amount to be paid by the petitioner in W.P.No.1157 of 2019 comes to around Rs.8,80,200/-.
3. In view of the above, the petitioners in W.P.No.1147 of 2019 are directed to pay the balance arrears amount of Rs.15,60,200/- by way of twenty installments ie., Rs.78,010/- per month along with the fair rent of Rs.35,000/- per month in favour of the temple/4th respondent and the same shall be paid on or before 7th of every succeeding English calendar month and the petitioner in W.P.No.1157 of 2019 is directed to pay the balance arrears amount of Rs.8,80,200/- by way of twenty installments ie., Rs.44,010/- along with the fair rent of Rs.26,200/- per month in favour of the temple/4th respondent and the same shall be paid on or before 7th of every succeeding English calendar month and the 1st installment starts on 07.03.2025.
07-02-2025 To
1. The Secretary to Government of Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments Department, Fort St. George, Chennai 9 Chennai
2. The Commissioner of HR and CE Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai 34
3. The Joint Commissioner, HR and CE Admn. Department, Chennai 34
4. The Executive Officer, Arulmighu Kapaleeswar Temple, Mylapore, Chennai 4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis SKT Note to office: Issue order copy on 12.02.2025.