C.Kannusamy v. The Principal Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 14.10.2025

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.MANINDRA MOHAN SHRIVASTAVA, CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE R.POORNIMA and W.M.P.(MD) No.22411 of 2025 C.Kannusamy Member of School Management Committee Government High School Athipallam, Pudukkottai District ... Petitioner -vs1.The Principal Secretary to Government School Education Department Fort St.George, Secretariat Chennai-600 009 2.The Director of School Education DPI Campus, College Road Nungambakkam, Chennai-600 006 3.The District Collector O/o.the District Collector Pudukkottai District, Pudukkottai 4.The Tahsildar O/o.the Tahsildar Viralimalai Taluk Pudukkottai District

5.The Chief Educational Officer O/o.the Chief Educational Officer Pudukkottai District, Pudukkottai 6.C.Chellappan S/o.Chellaiyan Athipallam Village Viralimalai Taluk Pudukkottai District-621 316 7.C.Saravanan S/o.Chellaiyan Athipallam Village Viralimalai Taluk Pudukottai District-621 316 ... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondents 1 to 5 to allot/assign/earmark the Government land in Survey No.174/7 situated at Athipallam Village (near Viralimalai-Manapparai Road), Viralimalai Taluk, Pudukkottai District to Athipallam Government High School and to remove the encroachment made in the above land by the 6th and 7th respondents and consequential direction to construct School building and establish infrastructure for Government High School at Athipallam. For Petitioner :

Mr.D.Shanmugaraja Sethupathi For Respondents :

Mr.P.Thilakkumar Government Pleader for R1 to R5

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by The Hon'ble CHIEF JUSTICE] A Member of the School Managing Committee has filed this PIL seeking a direction for re-location of the School, which has been running since 1954, alleging that it is situated on the water body.

2. The petition is as frivolous as it could be. No such claim can be allowed to be entertained at this stage, when the School itself had been running since 1954 on the land of the Government.

3. The petition is, accordingly, dismissed with costs quantified at Rs.50,000/-, to be deposited by the petitioner with the Tamil Nadu State Legal Services Authority, within a period of one month. Consequently, connected miscellaneous application is closed. [MANINDRA MOHAN SHRIVASTAVA, C.J.] [R.POORNIMA, J.] 14.10.2025 NCC : Yes / No Index : Yes / No krk

To:

1.The Principal Secretary to Government, School Education Department, Fort St.George, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

2.The Director of School Education, DPI Campus, College Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai-600 006.

3.The District Collector, O/o.the District Collector, Pudukkottai District, Pudukkottai.

4.The Tahsildar, O/o.the Tahsildar, Viralimalai Taluk, Pudukkottai District.

5.The Chief Educational Officer, O/o.the Chief Educational Officer, Pudukkottai District, Pudukkottai.

THE HON'BLE CHIEF JUSTICE and R.POORNIMA, J.

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