R.Alaguvel v. The Director of Town Panchayat

Order Heard Mr.T.Sella Pandian, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, Mr.V.Veluchamy, learned Additional Government Pleader for respondents 1 to 7 and Mr.S.Doraisamy, learned counsel for the respondent No.8.

¶2This Writ Petition is filed seeking for the following prayer:- For a mandamus directing the respondents not to convert or use the water canal in order to access the proposed project namely, 'Sewage Sludge Treatment Plant' in Survey No.411/4 situated at Veeraganur North village Veeraganur Town Panchayat Thalaivasal Taluk, Salem District and consequently to direct the respondents to maintain water canal comprising in S.No.345/7 in Veeraganur village Thalaivasal Taluk, Salem District without any alteration based on the representation of the petitioner dated 14.11.2024

¶3Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner seeking for the aforesaid relief, has made a representation dated

14.10.2024 to the respondents, however, as on the date, the same has not evoked any response, which necessitated the petitioner to approach this Court by way of present Writ Petition seeking for the aforesaid relief.

¶4The learned Additional Government Pleader for the Official Respondents, viz., respondents 1 to 7 fairly submitted that the representation made by the petitioner would be considered and disposed of within the time, that may be stipulated by this Court.

¶5Considering the limited scope of the prayer, sought for, in this Writ Petition, this Court is of the view that suffice it would be to direct the sixth respondent to dispose of the petitioner's representation on merits and in accordance with law in a time bound manner.

¶6Accordingly, this Writ Petition is disposed of by directing the sixth respondent to dispose of the petitioner's representation dated

14.11.2024 on merits and in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. Consequently, connected Miscellaneous Petition No.42985 of 2024 is ordered and W.M.P.No.42986 of 2024 is closed.

09.03.2026 sd Index : yes/no W.P.No.39688oofo2024 To 1ooooTHEoDIRECTORoOFoTOWNoPANCHAYAT oooooo7THoANDo8THoFLOORooURBANoADMINISTRATIVEoOFFICEoooooooo CHENNAIo600o028 2oooTHEoDISTRICToCOLLECTOR oooooSALEMoDISTRICToooSALEM. 3oooTHEoADDITIONALoDIRECTORoOFoTOWNo ooooPANCHAYAT,oCOLLECTORATEoCAMPUSo ooooSALEMo-636o001. 4ooooTHEoREVENUEoDIVISIONALoOFFICERo ooooooATTUR,oSALEMoDISTRICT-636102 5ooooTHEoTHASILDAR ooooooooTHALAIVASALTALUKo oooooooSALEMoDISTRICT-636112 6ooooTHEoEXECUTIVEoOFFICER oooooVEERAGANURoTOWNoPANCHAYAT, oooooVEERAGANURoSALEMoDISTRICT-636116. 7ooooTHEoCHAIRMAN oooooVEERAGANURoTOWNPANCHAYATo oooooVEERAGANURoooSALEMoDISTRICTo-o636o116. Krishnan Ramasamy,J., sd W.P.No.39688 of 2024

09.03.2026

W.P.No.39688oofo2024 INoTHEoHIGHoCOURToOFoJUDICATUREoAToMADRAS DATEDo:o09.03.2026 Coram TheoHonourableoMr.JusticeoKrishnanoRamasamy W.P.No.39688ooofo2024 and W.M.P.Nos.42985o&o42986oofo2024 1.oooR.ALAGUVELoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 2ooooAYYAKKANNU 3ooooALAGUVELo 4ooooSELLADURAIo 5ooooANANDHAoKUMARoo 6ooooMURALI 7ooooGUNASEKARANo 8ooooNATARAJANo 9ooooPADMAo oooo...Petitioners oooooooooooVs. 1ooooTHEoDIRECTORoOFoTOWNoPANCHAYAT oooooo7THoANDo8THoFLOORooURBANoADMINISTRATIVEoOFFICEoooooooo CHENNAIo600o028 2oooTHEoDISTRICToCOLLECTOR oooooSALEMoDISTRICToooSALEM. 3oooTHEoADDITIONALoDIRECTORoOFoTOWNo ooooPANCHAYAT,oCOLLECTORATEoCAMPUSo ooooSALEMo-636o001. 4ooooTHEoREVENUEoDIVISIONALoOFFICERo ooooooATTUR,oSALEMoDISTRICT-636102 5 THE THASILDAR THALAIVASALTALUK SALEM DISTRICT-636112 6 THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER VEERAGANUR TOWN PANCHAYAT, VEERAGANUR SALEM DISTRICT-636116. 7 THE CHAIRMAN VEERAGANUR TOWNPANCHAYAT VEERAGANUR SALEM DISTRICT - 636 116. 8 M/S.AR CONSTRUCTIONS REP. BY ITS PARTNER A.ANAND R8 impleaded in this Writ Petition as per order dated 23.01.2025 by CVKJ. ...Respondents Prayer Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents not to convert or use the water canal in order to access the proposed project namely Sewage Sludge Treatment Plant in Survey No.411/4 situated at Veeraganur North village Veeraganur Town Panchayat Thalaivasal Taluk Salem District and consequently to direct the respondents to maintain water canal comprising in S.No.345/7 in Veeraganur village Thalaivasal Taluk Salem District without any alteration based on the representation of the petitioner dated 14.11.2024 For Petitioners : Mr.T.Sella Pandian For Respondents 1 to 7 : Mr.V.Veluchamy Additional Government Pleader For Respondent -8 : Mr.S.Doraisamy