K.Rangasamy v. The Revenue Divisional Officer

ORDER The present Writ Petition has been filed seeking the issuance of a Writ of Mandamus directing the 1st respondent to consider the petitioner's representation dated 09.04.2025.

¶2The case of the petitioner is that the petitioner submitted a representation dated 09.04.2025 requesting to cancel the patta wrongly issued in favour of respondents 3 to 8 in respect of survey Nos.420/1B, 420/1C and 420/1D, paramathi village, Paramathivellur Taluk, Namakkal District and to Page3 of 6 rectify the error in patta No.2165 by restoring the correct total extent of 3.00 acres which was wrongly given as 245.89 cents by the 2nd respondent in Survey No.420/1A as per the Old A.Register. However, the same has not been considered till date. Challenging the inaction on the part of the 1st respondent, the petitioner has approached this Court.

¶3The learned Government Counsel appearing for the official respondents submitted that a detailed enquiry has been done and the 2nd respondent submitted a report in this regard and hence, appropriate orders will be passed within a time frame to be fixed by this Court.

¶4Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the submissions made on either side, this Court, without going into the merits of the matter, directs the 1st respondent /Revenue Divisional Officer, to consider the petitioner's representation dated 09.04.2025. The 1st respondent shall afford a fair hearing, after issuing due notice to the petitioner and any other interested parties, if any, and pass appropriate orders on merits and in accordance with law taking into consideration the report of the Tahsildar, within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Page4 of 6

¶5With the above directions, this Writ Petition stands disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. 30-06-2026 Asi To

¶1The Revenue Divisional officer Revenue Divisional Office Namakkal -637 001.

¶2The Tahsildar Tahsildar office Namakkal -637207. Page5 of 6 WPoNo.o24350oofo2026 KRISHNANoRAMASAMY,oJ. Asi WPoNo.o24350oofo2026 30-06-2026 Page6oofo6

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 30-06-2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE KRISHNAN RAMASAMY K.Rangasamy S/o.Kaliyannan 13, Ichikaadu Karattupalayam Paramathi village Namakkal -637207 ..Petitioner(s) Vs 1. The Revenue Divisional officer Revenue Divisional office Namakkal -637 001 2. The Tahsildar Tahsildar office Namakkal -637207 3. Chinnusamy S/o.Karupannan 35/2,Ichikadu Karattupalayam Paramathi Village Namakkal -637 207 Page1 of 6 4. Sathishkumar S/o.Karupannan 20/25,Ichikaadu karattupalayam Paramathi village Paramathivelur Taluk Namakkal -637 207 5. Palaniyappa gounder S/o.Avuthikarrupanna Gounder Ichikaadu Karattupalayam Paramathi village Namakkal-637207 6. Kaliyammal W/o.Karupannan 19B,Ichikaadu Karattupalayam Paramathi village Namakkal-637207 7. K.Palaniyappan S/o.Karupannan 62, west street Kollakkattupudur (PO) Namakkal -637 207 8. M.Shanthi W/o.Mani 35A, North St, Karattupalaiyam Namakkal ..Respondent(s) Page2 of 6 PRAYER: The Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the issuance of a Writ of Mandamus directing the 1st respondent to cancel the patta wrongly issued in favour of respondents 3 to 8 in respect of Survey Nos.420/1B, 420/1C and 420/1D, Paramathi Village, Paramathivellur Taluk, Namakkal District and consequently direct the 1st respondents to rectify the error in patta No.2165 by restoring the correct total extent of 3.00 acres which was wrongly given as 245.89 cents by the 2nd respondent in survey No.420/1A as per the Old A.Register, on considering the petitioner's representation dated 09.04.2025. For Petitioner(s): Mr. A.Kumar For Respondent(s): Mr. B. Pachaiyappan Government Counsel for R1 and R2