Kanathur Reddy Kuppam Fishermen v. Revenue and Disaster Management Department

O R D E R [Order of the Court was made by M.SUNDAR., J.,] When the matter was taken up, Mr.T.K.Saravanan, learned State counsel submitted that the encroachments have since been removed.

¶2Mr.K.Balu, learned counsel on record for writ petitioner, on instructions, confirmed that the encroachments have since been removed, agreed with learned State counsel and further submitted that captioned writ petition has served its purpose. Learned counsel on record also submitted that a closure can be given to the captioned writ petition, made an endorsement in case file and a scanned reproduction of the endorsement made by learned counsel on record is as follows: Page Nos.4/7

¶3In the light of the narrative thus far, captioned writ petition is disposed of as closed recording the stated position of both sides. There shall be no order as to costs. (M.S.,J.) (K.G.T.,J.)

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¶1The District Collector Chengalpet District Chengalpet

¶2The Sub-Collector/ Revenue Divisional Officer Chengalpet Revenue Division Chengalpet Chengalpet District

¶3The Tahsildhar Thiruporur Chengalpet District

¶4The Member Secretary Mammallapuram Local Planning Authority Mammallapuram, Five Rathams Shopping Complex, Venpurusam Salai Mammallapuram, Kanchipuram

¶5The Special Officer Kanathur Reddy Kuppam Village Block Development Officer Thiruporur

¶6The Member Secretary Tamil Nadu State Coastal Zone Management Authority and Director, Department of Environment Saidapet, Chennai 15 Page Nos.6/7 M.SUNDAR.J., and K.GOVINDARAJAN THILAKAVADI, J., gpa

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 14.03.2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.SUNDAR and THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE K.GOVINDARAJAN THILAKAVADI Kanathur Reddy Kuppam Fishermen Co-operative Society Rep. By its President Mr.Arumugam Prabhudoss No.546, Anna Street Kanathur Reddy Kuppam Kovalam Post Chengalpet District ... Petitioner vs. 1. The District Collector Chengalpet District Chengalpet 2. The Sub-Collector/ Revenue Divisional Officer Chengalpet Revenue Division Chengalpet Chengalpet District 3. The Tahsildhar Thiruporur Chengalpet District Page Nos.1/7 4. Selvi W/o.Chittybabu 5. Suthir Victor Anderson 6. Veena Edwin 7. Thivivirajan & Publishers Pvt. Ltd., No.14/63, P.A.Construction Road Kanathur Reddy Kuppam Chengalpet District 8. Vasudevan Krishnamoorthy 9.Ravi Narayanan 10. Ramana Ramasamy 11. Juliana Boulin Almeida 12. Nareesh Mehta 13. RajaMaheshwari 14. Lakshmi Vijayakumar 15. Ajaykumar Pyshnai 16. Amitha Pyshnai 17. M.C.Palaniappan 18. R.Sivakumaran Page Nos.2/7 19. The Member Secretary Mammallapuram Local Planning Authority Mammallapuram, Five Rathams Shopping Complex, Venpurusam Salai Mammallapuram, Kanchipuram 20. The Special Officer Kanathur Reddy Kuppam Village Block Development Officer Thiruporur 21. The Member Secretary Tamil Nadu State Coastal Zone Management Authority and Director, Department of Environment Saidapet, Chennai 15 ... Respondents (R19 to R21 suo motu impleaded vide order dated 07.07.2021 made in W.P.No.13943 of 2021) Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing Respondents 1 to 3 to remove the illegal encroachments made by way of construction of compound wall by the respondents 4 to 18 in S.No.98/2, measuring an extent of 5.48 acres, classified as "Fish Drying Yard" in the village accounts of Kanathur Reddy Kuppam Village, Thirupporur Taluk, Chengalpet District and consequently direct the respondents 1 to 3 to provide the said land for fish drying yard for the members of the petitioners association and other fishermen in the said village. Page Nos.3/7 For Petitioner : Mr.K.Balu For Respondents : Mr.T.K.Saravanan Additional Government Pleader for R1 to R3 and R19 Mr.C.Harsha Raj Special Government Pleader for R20 R4 to R18 and R21 Not Ready in Notice