V.RuckmaniNo.94/55 v. The Director of Municipal Administration No.73
Case at a glance
Outcome
Disposed of
Till such time the appeal is disposed of by the 1st respondent in terms of this order, the respondents are directed to maintain status quo
Provisions considered
- Constitution of India art. 226
- Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act s. 133
Judgment
WP No.3835 of 2026IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRASDATED: 29.04.2026CORAMTHE HON'BLE MR.SUSHRUT ARVIND DHARMADHIKARI,CHIEF JUSTICEANDTHE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE G.ARUL MURUGANWP No.3835 of 2026V.RuckmaniNo.94/55B, Annai Indhira Gandhi Salai Near Corporation Office Periya Kanchipuram-631 502Kanchipuram District: Petitionerversus1.The Director of Municipal Administration No.73, Santhome High Road MRC Nagar, Raja Annamalapurampuram Chennai-600 0282.The Commissioner Kanchipuram Corporation, Kancheepuram3.R.Leela Door No.96/55A, Near Corporation office Periya Kanchipuram-631 502 Kanchipuram District.4.R.Anand Door No.96/55A Near Corporation Office Periya Kanchipuram-631 502 Kanchipuram District.:RespondentsPrayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus directing the 1st respondent to implement the proceeding in Notice No.4181/2023/F3 dated 10.09.2025 to demolish the Page 1 of 6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No.3835 of 2026unauthorized construction put up the 3rd and 4th respondent in bearing door No.96/55A, 2nd Floor Annai Indhira Gandhi Salai near Corporation Office Peirya Kanchipuram-631 502 within a time frame.
For Petitioner: Mr.S.Kumar SankarFor Respondents : Mr.Habeeb Rahman, Government Advocate, for the first respondent Mr.RA.Gopinath, Standing counsel, for the second respondent Mr.Y.Jothish Chander, for respondents 3 and 4ORDER(Order of the Court was made by the Hon'ble Chief Justice)The petitioner seeks a direction upon the first respondent to implement the proceedings in Notice No.4181/2023/F3 dated 10.09.2025 to demolish the unauthorized construction put-up by respondents 3 and 4 at Door No.96/55A, 2nd Floor Annai Indira Gandhi Salai, near Corporation Office Peirya Kanchipuram-631 502, within a time frame.2. Earlier, a demolition notice came to be issued to the third respondent, on 17.11.2023, which was challenged in appeal before the Page 2 of 6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No.3835 of 2026first respondent. Parallelly, the third respondent also filed a writ petition in WP No.230 of 2024, seeking a direction to the Commissioner, Kancheepuram City Municipal Corporation, not to proceed with the demolition notice till the disposal of the statutory appeal preferred by her before the first respondent.
Operative part
The said writ petition was decided vide order dated 09.01.2024 with the following directions:
(4) In the factual circumstances, this Court is inclined to dispose of the writ petition in the following lines:- (a) The petitioner's application for regularization shall be considered by the 2nd respondent within a period of twelve weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. (b) Depending upon the final order that may passed in the regularization application, the Director of Municipal Administration / 1st respondent herein, may also dispose of the statutory appeal dated 15.12.2023 preferred by the petitioner within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order on the application for regularization submitted by the petitioner. Till such time the appeal is disposed of by the 1st respondent in terms of this order, the respondents are directed to maintain status quo.
Page 3 of 6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No.3835 of 20263.
Before a decision could be taken by the first respondent, another order came to be passed on 10.09.2025 by the second respondent, which has also been appealed under Section 133 of the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act, by respondents 3 and 4, which is stated to be pending. The Division Bench in WP No.230 of 2024 had directed that till such time the appeal is disposed of by the first respondent, in terms of the said order, the official respondents were directed to maintain status quo. It is further submitted that regularisation application filed by the third respondent has been dismissed. However, the appeal is yet to be decided by the first respondent.4. In view of the aforesaid, we dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the first respondent to dispose of the appeal filed by the third respondent within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There will be no order as to costs.
(SUSHRUT ARVIND DHARMADHIKARI, CJ.) (G.ARUL MURUGAN, J.)29.04.2026Index: Yes/NoNeutral Citation: Yes/NotarPage 4 of 6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No.3835 of 2026To1.The Director of Municipal Administration No.73, Santhome High Road MRC Nagar, Raja Annamalapurampuram Chennai-600 0282.The Commissioner Kanchipuram Corporation, KancheepuramPage 5 of 6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No.3835 of 2026THE HON'BLE CHIEF JUSTICEAND G.ARUL MURUGAN , J. (tar) WP No.3835 of 202629.04.2026Page 6 of 6
Questions this judgment answers
What did the Court decide in this case?
The Court recorded the following disposition: Till such time the appeal is disposed of by the 1st respondent in terms of this order, the respondents are directed to maintain status quo
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Constitution of India — art. 226; Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act — s. 133.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
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