Latha v. The Superintendent of Police

ORDER This Writ Petition (Criminal) has been filed seeking a direction to the respondents 1 to 3 to provide adequate police protection to enter into his property and to take possession of the property comprised in Survey No.78/1C2 to an extent of 2400 sq.ft., situated at 178, Seruvanur Village, Ramanar Nagar, Tiruvallur District.

¶2Heard the learned counsel appearing on either side and perused the materials available on record.

¶3It is seen from the records that the petitioner entered into an agreement for sale in respect of the subject property with the vendor's vendor of respondent's 5 and 6. However, the vendor's vendor of the respondents 5 and 6, viz., the fourth respondent herein, failed to execute the sale deed after agreeing to sell the subject property. Therefore, the petitioner filed a suit for specific Page3 of 5 performance in O.S.No.502 of 2021 on the file of the I Additional District Court, Tiruvallur, on the strength of the sale agreement dated 03.05.2017 and the same is pending for adjudication. After entering into an agreement, the fourth respondent sold the subject property in favour of the vendor's vendor of respondents 5 and 6 and subsequently, respondents 5 and 6 purchased the property for valid sale consideration. Now, the petitioner submitted a representation seeking police protection to take possession of the subject property. Admittedly, the petitioner has already filed a suit for specific performance as against the fourth respondent in O.S.No.502 of 2021 and the same is pending for adjudication. Therefore, if at all the petitioner succeeds in the suit and a sale deed is executed in favour of the petitioner, he has to seek recovery of possession of the subject property in accordance with law. Hence, the petitioner cannot seek police protection to take possession of the property at this stage.

¶4In view of the above, the representation submitted by the petitioner seeking police protection cannot be considered. Thus, the writ petition lacks merit and is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, this Writ Petition (Criminal) stands dismissed. No costs. 11-06-2026 Index: Yes/No LPP Page4 of 5 To

¶1The Superintendent of Police Thiruvallur District.

¶2The Inspector of Police B-2, Thiruvallur Taluk Police Station, Thiruvallur.

¶3The Sub Inspector of Police B-8, Pullarampakkam Police Station, Thiruvallur.

¶4The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras. Page5 of 5 G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN J. LPP 11-06-2026

Page1 of 5 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 11-06-2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G.K. ILANTHIRAIYAN S.Latha W/o. Saravanan, No.19/4, 2nd Street, Ram Nagar, Avadi, Chennai-54. ..Petitioner Vs 1. The Superintendent of Police Thiruvallur District. 2. The Inspector of Police B-2, Thiruvallur Taluk Police Station, Thiruvallur. 3. The Sub Inspector of Police B-8, Pullarampakkam Police Station, Thiruvallur. 4. Vijayalakshmi W/o. Ravi Naidu, No.99, Saravana Perumal Koil Street, Purasawalkam, Chennai-600 084. 5. P.Venkatesan 6. Sampuranam Ponnaiyan (R5 and R6 are impleaded as respondents vide order dated 11.06.2026 in WPMP Crl.No. 450 of 2026 in W.P.Crl.No.667 of 2026) ..Respondents Prayer : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the 1st to 3rd respondents to Page2 of 5 give police protection to enter into the Petitioner property and to take possession based on the Petitioner complaint dated 09-02-2026 pending on the file of the 3rd respondent. For Petitioner : No appearance For Respondents: Mr.R.Ganesh Kumar Counsel for Government of Tamil Nadu (Criminal Side) of R1 to R3 Mr.E.V.Chandru @ E.Chandrasekaran for R5 & R6