Kandasamy, v. The District Collector

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 22.01.2024

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D.KRISHNAKUMAR and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE MUMMINENI SUDHEER KUMAR Kandasamy : Petitioner Vs.

1.The District Collector, Office of the District Collector, Virudhunagar District.

2.The Thasildar, Kariyapatti Taluk, Virudhunagar District.

3.Mahalingam 4.Seeman @ Gurusamy : Respondents PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for a Writ of Mandamus, directing the first respondent to consider the petitioner's representation dated 21.11.2017 within a time frame that may be stipulated by this 1/5

Court and directing the first respondent to remove the encroachment in Government Poramboke land as classification of Vacant Places in Survey Nos.17/2, 17/3 and Government Poramboke land as classification of pathway in Survey Nos.17/6, 17/10, 17/12 on the file of the Vetrilaimuriyanpatti, Chatrapulliyankulam Post, Kariyapatti Taluk, Virudhunagar District in accordance with law.

For Petitioner : Mr.R.Udhayakumar For Respondents 1&2 : Mr.T.Amjadkhan Government Advocate For Respondents 3&4 : Mr.S.Balamurugan

O R D E R

************ [Order of the Court was made by D.KRISHNAKUMAR, J.] This Writ Petition has been filed for a direction to the first respondent to consider the petitioner's representation dated 21.11.2017 and to remove the encroachment in Government Poramboke land classified as 'Vacant Places' in Survey Nos.17/2, 17/3 and Government Poramboke land classified as 'pathway' in Survey Nos.17/6, 17/10, 17/12, on the file of the Vetrilaimuriyanpatti, Chatrapulliyankulam Post, Kariyapatti Taluk, Virudhunagar District in accordance with law. 2/5

2.Today, when the matter was taken up for hearing, learned Counsel for the petitioner submitted that by virtue of the order passed by this Court in W.P.(MD)No.3930 of 2018 dated 26.02.2018, the encroachments have been removed in the survey numbers in question.

3.In view of the aforesaid submission made by the learned Counsel for the petitioner, nothing survives for adjudication in this Writ Petition. Accordingly, this Writ Petition stands dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. [D.K.K.,J.] & [M.S.K.,J.] 22.01.2024 Index : Yes/No Internet : Yes/No MR 3/5

To 1.The District Collector, Office of the District Collector, Virudhunagar District.

2.The Thasildar, Kariyapatti Taluk, Virudhunagar District.

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D.KRISHNAKUMAR, J.

and MUMMINENI SUDHEER KUMAR, J.

MR ORDER MADE IN 22.01.2024 5/5