M.Jagadeesan v. The Secretary

1 W.P.(MD)No.7864 of 2020 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 31.08.2020

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.R.SWAMINATHAN W.P.(MD)No.7864 of 2020 and W.M.P.(MD)No.7337 of 2020 1.M.Jagadeesan 2.R.Saravanan 3.M.Palanisamy 4.A.Sumathi 5.S.Maheswari 6.D.Sakthi 7.M.Muthulakshmi 8.D.Govindaraj 9.K.Sellammal 10.S.Vijayarani 11.C.Paneer Selvam 12.T.Mani 13.M.Malarkodi 14.R.Nallammal 15.M.Jothi 16.R.Manimekalai 17.P.Chokalingam 18.R.Raju 19.U.Pandima Devi 20.M.Udhayakumar 21.S.Ramachandran 22.M.Prabhu 23.V.Kuppusamy 24.M.Punitha 25.R.Kannaiyan 26.K.Shanthi 27.K.Saranraj 28.V.Yogesh 29.S.Shanthi Lakshmi 30.K.Senthilkumar 31.C.Raju Naicker 32.M.Ramesh 33.T.Paramasivam 34.M.Annamuthu 35.S.Meenakshi 36.S.Saravanan 37.P.Arukkani 38.R.Ramesh Kumar 39.R.Rajeshwari 1/8

2 W.P.(MD)No.7864 of 2020 40.K.S.Manoharan 41.R.Santanagopalan 42.R.Kavitha 43.V.Thirunavakarsu 44.S.Lakshmi 45.V.Palaniyappan 46.D.Mani 47.C.Sudhakaran Kani 48.M.Kuganathan 49.V.Natarajan 50.P.Anandhi 51.N.Periyasamy 52.V.Ganesan 53.K.Savithiri 54.S.Thangavel 55.S.Chandrasekaran 56.P.Subramani 57.R.Chitra 58.P.Vennila 59.T.Sivagami 60.C.Desinguraja 61.K.Selvi 62.P.Loganathan 63.N.Balagururaja 64.S.Muthusamy 65.R.Lakshmi Bala 66.A.Venkatesan 67.A.R.Subathra 68.R.Kalpana 69.R.Gopinathan 70.D.Seralathan 71.P.Vasudevan 72.K.Lakshmi 73.C.Dharmalingam 74.D.Sudha 75.K.Kandhasamy 76.K.Shanmugam 77.K.Vincent 78.K.Paulraj 79.M.Kittusamy 80.K.Baby 81.N.Malliga 82.R.Mohanraj 83.K.Vijayalakshmi 84.P.Pappathi 85.A.Muthusamy 86.P.Kandhasamy 87.M.Paremeshwari 88.G.Sagunthala 2/8

3 W.P.(MD)No.7864 of 2020 89.C.Dhanapal 90.P.Ravi 91.P.Mariyappan 92.A.Mathivanan 93.P.Palaniyappan 94.P.Dhanam 95.R.Krishnaveni 96.S.Balusamy 97.P.Karuppaiah 98.M.Punithavathi 99.P.Nallusamy 100.P.Sivaraman 101.S.Susila 102.S.Vijayashankar 103.P.Ramamurthy 104.G.Suganya 105.B.Pasupathi 106.K.Arasan 107.P.Duraisamy 108.K.M.Selvaraj 109.S.Ravi 110.K.Nandha Gopal 111.T.Palaniyammal 112.K.Shanthi 113.S.Muthukrishnan 114.R.M.Muthaiya 115.P.Lakshmi 116.A.Gunasekaran 117.D.Renuka Devi 118.M.Dhanaraj 119.N.Marimuthu 120.M.Ponnusamy 121.B.Agilan 122.V.Lakshmi 123.P.Annammal 124.A.Sumathi 125.K.Muthusamy 126.S.Saraswathi 127.M.Palaniammal 128.M.Sathya 129.N.Seethalakshmi 130.M.Ganesan 131.S.Banumathi 132.K.Lakshmi 133.J.Kuppulakshmi 134.M.Vijayakumar 135.M.Chinthamani 136.R.Ranganathan 137.S.Geetha 3/8

4 W.P.(MD)No.7864 of 2020 138.S.Chinthamani 139.P.Chellammal 140.P.Balusamy 141.R.Kamala 142.C.Natarajan 143.S.Sivakumar 144.K.Balammal 145.N.Ramachandran 146.N.Annadurai 147.V.Nallusamy 148.S.Rajamanickam 149.P.Srinivasan 150.K.Kandasamy 151.M.Rajamani 152.K.Krishnamurthy 153.R.Dhanam 154.L.Yasodha 155.K.P.Thangavelu 156.V.Saroja 157.M.Latha 158.B.Venkattan Naicker 159.P.Karuppaiya 160.K.Saradha 161.V.Ramasamy 162.P.Chidambaram 163.N.Pappathi 164.K.P.Pandurangan 165.K.Raja 166.B.Manoranjitham 167.A.Nagalakshmi 168.N.Marappan 169.J.Kumar @ Joseph Ruban Kumar 170.S.Sampooranam 171.R.Palaniappan 172.K.Amutha 173.S.Sampooranam 174.S.Senthilkumar 175.K.Gunasekaran 176.B.Shanthi 177.M.Ganesan 178.T.Mani 179.R.Balasubramani 180.R.K.Palanisamy 181.S.Murugesan 182.V.Subbarayan 183.K.Jeyanthi 184.S.V.Saravanan 185.T.K.Ramnath 186.M.Santhana Lakshmi 4/8

5 W.P.(MD)No.7864 of 2020 187.R.Chithirai Selvan 188.P.Pushparani 189.S.Kavitha 190.S.Shanmugasundaram 191.N.Rajmohan 192.D.Mathivaanan 193.K.Amsavalli 194.M.Sivasamy 195.M.Dhanasekaran 196.P.Geetha 197.R.Periyasamy 198.P.Selvakumar 199.S.Muthusamy 200.R.Rajalakshmi ... Petitioners Vs.

1.The Secretary, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department, Tamil Nadu Government, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.

2.The Commissioner, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment, Department, 119, Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai 600 034.

3.The District Collector, Karur, Karur District 639 007.

4.The District Revenue Officer, Collectorate, Karur-639 007.

5.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Karur, Karur District.

6.The Tahsildar, Manmangalam Taluk, Karur District.

7.The Executive Officer, Arulmighu Balasubramaniasamy Thirukoil, Vennaimalai-639 006, Manmangalam Taluk, Karur District.

... Respondents Prayer: Writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the second respondent to consider the case of petitioners under 5/8

6 W.P.(MD)No.7864 of 2020 Section 34 of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Act in the light of the order passed by this Court in W.P.(MD)No.64 of 2018 dated 23.10.2019 and on the basis of the petitioners' representation dated 01.06.2020.

For Petitioners : Mr.R.Anand for M/s.My Lord Law Associates For Respondents : Mr.R.Murugaraj Government Advocate (for R1 to R6) Mr.Athimoolapandian (for R7)

O R D E R

Heard the learned counsel on either side.

2.All that the petitioners seek is consideration of their case under Section 34 of the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Act.

3.The petitioners' counsel draws my attention to the order dated 23.10.2019 in W.P.(MD)No.64 of 2018. Paragraph No.34 of the said order reads as under:- "....34.The final status report filed by the District Collector, Karur, on 30.01.2019, would reveal the present status of the lands, which they have categorised into five. Though the impleaded respondents have raised very many contentions that they are the bonafide purchasers and they have been in possession and enjoyments of the respective lands for years together, the same cannot be a ground to allow them to continue with their occupation in the lands, in view of the judgments cited above and the specific stand taken by the District administration and the temple administration, they have to redress their grievance only in the manner known to law.

However, it is open to the Commissioner, HR & CE Department to consider the case of the respondents 11 to 239 that they have put up constructions and residing in the place for several decades, provided they come with a proposal to treat them as tenant or willing to take the lands make good the loss at the prevailing market price or prescribed by the committee and the same can be considered by the Commissioner, HR & CE Department, as per Section 34 of the HR & CE Act..."

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7 W.P.(MD)No.7864 of 2020 4.The petitioners wants a similar direction and nothing else.

5.The respondents 1 and 2 are directed to consider the petition mentioned representation in accordance with law. 6.The writ petition is disposed of accordingly. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed. Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS-III) // True Copy // / /2020 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) sji Note :In view of the present lock down owing to COVID-19 pandemic, a web copy of the order may be utilized for official purposes, but, ensuring that the copy of the order that is presented is the correct copy, shall be the responsibility of the advocate/litigant concerned.

To 1.The Secretary, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department, Tamil Nadu Government, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.

2.The Commissioner, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment, Department, 119, Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai 600 034.

3.The District Collector, Karur, Karur District 639 007.

4.The District Revenue Officer, Collectorate, Karur-639 007.

5.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Karur, Karur District.

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8 W.P.(MD)No.7864 of 2020 6.The Tahsildar, Manmangalam Taluk, Karur District.

+1 CC to M/s.GP ( SR-15664[F] dated 02/09/2020 ) +1 CC to M/s.SATHYA CHIDAMBARAM, Advocate ( SR-15726[F] dated 02/09/2020 ) W.P.(MD)No.7864 of 2020 31.08.2020 SCR(CO) TR(10.09.2020) 8P 9C 8/8