Kodanginaickenpatti Village Panchayat v. The District Collector

ORDER Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Advocate General assisted by the learned Special Government Pleader for the respondents.

¶2When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned Additional Advocate General on instructions submitted that the second respondent has nothing to do with the materials relied on by the petitioners herein.

¶3In this view of the matter, no further order is required. The Writ Petition is closed. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is also closed.

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1.The District Collector,

2.The Block Development Officer,

G.R.SWAMINATHAN, J. rmi

21.12.2023

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 21.12.2023 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.R.SWAMINATHAN and W.M.P.(MD)No.26257 of 2023 1.Kodanginaickenpatti Village Panchayat S.Pandi, S/o.Subba Naicker, Kodanginaickenpatti Village, 2.Sivagnanapuram Village Panchayat, P.Pappathiammal, W/o.Palaniyandi, Sivagnanapuram Village, 3.Silukkuvarpatti Village Panchayat, J.Selvi, W/o.Jeyaseelan, Silukkuvarpatti Village, 4.Koovanuthu Village Panchayat, A.Anbalagan, S/o.Alagarsamy, Koovanuthu Village, 5.Nakkaluthu Village Panchayat, R.Jothilakshmi, W/o.Ramesh, Agraharapatti, Nakkaluthu Village, 6.Pallapatti Village Panchayat, R.Nagendran, S/o.Ramakrishnan, Pallapatti Village, 7.Nariyuthu Village Panchayat, K.D.Selvam, S/o.Duraisamy, Nariyuthu Village, 8.Nuthulapuram Village Panchayat, M.Selvaraj, S/o.Muthusamy, Nariyuthu Village, 9.Ethilodu Village Panchayat T.Rajalakshmi, W/o.Thirupathy, Ethilodu Village, Nilakottai Village, 10.Malayagoundanpatti Village Panchayat J.Mayakkal, W/o.John Innacy, Malayagoundanpatti Village, 11.Kullalakundu Village Panchayat, D.Yasothai, W/o.Deivaraj, Kullalakundu Village, ... Petitioners Vs. 1.The District Collector, 2.The Block Development Officer, ... Respondents Prayer : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court to issue a Writ of Mandamus, to forbear the Respondents from interfering with the affairs of the Village Panchayat by way of outsourcing candidates to perform the duty of Computer Assistants in the Petitioner's Village Panchayats without the permission and consent of the Petitioners/ Executive Authority of the Village Panchayats in violation of the Section 84(b) of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994. For Petitioners : Mr.T.Aswin Raja Simman For Respondents : Mr.A.Baskaran Additional Advocate General assisted by Mr.K.Balasubramani Special Government Pleader