Govendhan v. The Tahsildar

ORDER The petitioner has approached this Court with a grievance that his representation dated 27.04.2023, given for surveying the land in Survey No.320/11 to an extent of 2.20 ares, situated at Agathariruppu Village, Kamuthi Taluk, Ramanathapuram District, has not been considered by the respondents for the past three months. Hence, the present writ petition has been filed.

¶2The learned Additional Government Pleader, on instructions, submits that the petitioner claims title over the property through a gift deed, however, he has not produced any gift deed to substantiate his claim.

¶3In view of submission made by the learned Additional Government Pleader, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to produce the relevant documents, through which, he derived title to the property, before the respondents, within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. On production of such documents, the respondents shall complete the process of survey, after issuing notice to the adjacent owners, within a period of six weeks from thereon. No costs.

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¶1The Tahsildar, Kamuthi Taluk, Ramanathapuram District.

¶2The Surveyor, Taluk Office, Kamuthi Taluk, Ramanathapuram District.

B.PUGALENDHI, J. ogy

03.07.2023

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 03.07.2023 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE B.PUGALENDHI Govendhan ... Petitioner versus 1. The Tahsildar, Kamuthi Taluk, Ramanathapuram District. 2. The Surveyor, Taluk Office, Kamuthi Taluk, Ramanathapuram District. ... Respondents Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking for the issuance of Writ of Mandamus, to direct the respondents to survey the petitioner's property and fix boundary stones in respect of Survey No.320/11 to an extent of 2.20 ares situated at Agathariruppu Village, Kamuthi Taluk, Ramanathapuram District, based on the petitioner's representation dated 27.04.2023, within a time frame to be stipulated by this Court. For Petitioner : Mr.N.Kumaravel For Respondents : Mr.M.Sarangan, Additional Government Pleader