P. Shanmugam v. The District Revenue Officer

ORDER The present application had been taken out by the applicant in Civil Miscellaneous Appeal [CMA] seeking for an order of payment out deposited by him to himself for distribution to the distributors.

¶2Mr.V.Prasad, learned Special Government Pleader takes notice on behalf of the 1st respondent and Mr.P.Tamilavel, learned counsel takes notice on behalf of the respondents 9 and 10.

¶3The depositors had also filed a memo for payment of the amount that has been indicated in the order and it is deposited in the name of Registrar General of this Court in an interest-bearing account.

¶4Considering the fact that if the petitioner had deposited the amount, this Court not only have lifted the order of attachment but also modified the Page3 of 4 punishment imposed on him. However, while passing the order, this Court had not made any provision for disbursement of the amount to the respective individuals named in paragraph 2 of the order dated 27.04.2026. As noted above, the said amount of ₹24,46,000/- is lying to the credit of CMA.No.1383 of 2010 and Crl.A.No.86 of 2016 in the name of the Registrar General of this Court.

¶5In such view, this application is disposed of with a direction to the Registrar General, Madras High Court to recall the fixed deposit kept in the above mentioned cases and disburse the same to the individuals shown in S.Nos.1 to 7 in paragraph 2 of the order on a memo being filed by the respective individuals. If any interest has accrued on the said deposit, the same shall also be proportionately distributed among the individuals accordingly. On the amount being paid to the respective individuals, the learned Special Government Pleader is directed to inform the competent authority i.e., Sub-Registrar with regard to the order of raising the attachment. 19-08-2026 Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order mp Page4 of 4 K.KUMARESH BABU J. mp To

¶1The District Revenue Officer Competent Authority cum District Revenue Officer, Coimbatore. in CMA NO. 1383 OF 2010 19-08-2026

Page1 of 4 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 19-08-2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE K.KUMARESH BABU in CMA No. 1383 of 2010 P. Shanmugam S/o. Late. Palaniappa Chettiar, ...Petitioner Vs 1. The District Revenue Officer Competent Authority cum District Revenue Officer, Coimbatore. 2. P.Shanmugam Finance Company 174 No.1, Thiyagaraya New Street, Coimbatore 641 001. 3. Logambal W/o. P.Shanmugam, 4. Sampoornammal (Died) 5. P.Vadivel S/o. Late. Palaniappa Chettiar, 6. M.Kandasamy S/o. Late. P.K.Marimuthu, 7. A.Gnanabal W/o. Late. Arunachalam, 8. Leelavathi W/o. Prabhu 9. L.Balasubramaniam S/o. Lingappa Gounder, Page2 of 4 10.C.Maragatham W/o. Late. Kannapiran, ..Respondents Civil Miscellaneous Petition filed under Section 151 of CPC, to order payment out of Rs.24,82,016/- to the Petitioner/Appellant herein concerning CMA No.1383/2010 on the file of this Honourable Court and thus render justice. For Petitioner : Mr.P.Shanmugam (party-in-person) For Respondents : Mr.V.Prasad [Special Government Pleader] Mr.P.Tamilavel [R9 and R10]