Writ Petition No. 44948 of 2025 · Madrasdated High Court · 2025

Writ Petition Nos.44948, 45041, 45212 & 45237 of 20255.SwaminathanS/o.Maharajan6.JaganrajS/o.Kaliyamurthy7.SureshS/o.Govindasamy8.SaravananS/o.GanesamurthyRespondentsWrit Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents 1 and 2 to dispose the petitioner’s application No.2025/0123/17/006892 dated 08.10.2025 for survey and mark the boundaries for fencing the land in Survey No.167/5, 168/6 168/8 measuring an extent of 1.68.00 ares situated at Piranjeri Village, Udayarpalayam Taluk, Ariyalur District, and also direct the respondents 3 and 4 to give adequate police protection at the time of measuring and fencing the land.For Petitioner: Mr.R.SilambarasanFor Respondents: Mr.N.Naveen Kumar, Government Advocate [R1 & R2] Mr.L.Baskaran, Government Advocate [Crl.side] [R3 & R4]Writ Petition No. 45041 of 2025 Manikandan K2/13 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Writ Petition Nos.44948, 45041, 45212 & 45237 of 2025S/o.KannaiyanPetitionerVs1.The Tashildhar,Mettupalayam Taluk,Coimbatore District.2.The Inspector of Police,Karamadai Police Station, Coimbatore District.RespondentsWrit Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of a Writ of Mandamus directing the first respondent to dispose of petitioner’s survey Application No.20251005001159 dated 05.10.2025 to survey the Agriculture land in the Kemmarampalayam Survey No.63/3C, an extent of property over 2.51 acres in Karamadai Taluk, Coimbatore District and mark the boundaries based on the meats and bounds for fencing his agriculture land along with the necessary and appropriate police protection.For Petitioner: Mr.M.RaviFor Respondents: Mr.N.Naveen Kumar, Government Advocate [R1] Mr.L.Baskaran, Government Advocate [Crl.side] [R2]Writ Petition No. 45 212 of 2025 S.Nagarajan3/13 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Writ Petition Nos.44948, 45041, 45212 & 45237 of 2025S/o.SrinivasanPetitionerVs1. The District Collector,District Collectorate,Ranipet District.2.The Revenue Divisional Officer,Arakonnam Taluk, Ranipet District 631 001.3.The Thasildar,Arakonnam Taluk, Ranipet District 631 001.RespondentsWrit Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of a Writ of Mandamus directing the third respondent to consider the petitioner’s representation dated 01/11/2025 for measurmenet of land and issue patta in favour of petitioner for petitioner’s property comprised in Survey Nos. 51/9 and 51/10 situated at Balakrishnapuram Village (Thanigaipolur Revenue Village), Arakonnam Taluk, Ranipet District.For Petitioner: Mr.J.S.ArunkumarFor Respondents: Mr.P.Ganesan Government AdvocateWrit Petition No. 45 237 of 2025 4/13 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Writ Petition Nos.44948, 45041, 45212 & 45237 of 2025K.VijiW/o.KannabiranPetitionerVs1. The District Collector,District Collector Office, Nagapattinam District.2.The Assistant Director,Survey and Land Records Department, Nagapattinam District.3.The Tahsildar,Vedaranyam Taluk Office,Nagapattinam District.RespondentsWrit Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of a Writ of Mandamus directing the second respondent to survey the property comprised in Survey Nos.208/16C, 208/9E3 and 209/2A situated at Thagattur village, Vedaranyam Taluk, Nagapattinam District based on petitioner’s online Application No.2025/0123/19/003078 dated 04.09.2025 and Application No.2025/013/19/003201 dated 02.10.2025.For Petitioner: Mr.K.JayaramanFor Respondents: Mr.S.Arumugam Government Advocate*****5/13 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Writ Petition Nos.44948, 45041, 45212 & 45237 of 2025COMMON ORDER In all these writ petitions, the petitioners have sought considering the applications submitted by them and they are seeking survey of the subject property and for demarcation of boundaries within a time frame fixed by this Court. 2. Heard the learned counsel appearing on either side.3. In all these writ petitions, the writ petitioners are relying upon title documents/pattas/joint pattas/pattas standing in the name of the predecessor-in-title/pattas standing in the name of the family members, etc. and they have submitted the applications after paying necessary charges, seeking survey of the subject property and for demarcation of boundaries. 4. In some of the cases, in the light of certain objections 6/13 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Writ Petition Nos.44948, 45041, 45212 & 45237 of 2025raised by the rival parties/neighbours, they have also sought police protection, at the time of conducting the survey.5. In the considered view of this Court, since the issues involved are common in all these writ petitions, these writ petitions can be disposed of in the following terms:(a)It is left open to the concerned Tahsildar/Surveyor to take note of the title documents relied upon by the parties and the pattas/joint pattas that are also relied upon in some of the cases.(b)The Tahsildar/Surveyor concerned shall act upon the online application submitted by the respective petitioners and shall conduct survey in the subject property, in line with the title documents and the pattas that are relied upon by the respective parties and complete the survey, within a period of eight (8) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this 7/13 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Writ Petition Nos.44948, 45041, 45212 & 45237 of 2025order.(c)Wherever there are rival claimants, unless they have obtained any restraint order from any Civil Court, such survey shall be conducted in their presence.(d)Wherever the Tahsildar/Surveyor is of the opinion that they would require police aid for the purpose of conducting the survey in a peaceful manner, the concerned jurisdictional police shall grant police protection at the time of conducting the survey.(e)It is made clear that in each case where the parties are seeking survey of the respective subject properties, they should have made an online application and if such online application has not been made, the respective petitioners are directed to make the online application and on receipt of the same, the Tahsildar/Surveyor concerned shall act upon the same, in the light of the above directions issued by this 8/13 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Writ Petition Nos.44948, 45041, 45212 & 45237 of 2025Court.(f)It is made clear that the directions issued by this Court will pertain only for conducting the survey over the subject property and it will not entitle any parties to fence or put up a compound wall around the properties, more particularly, in cases where there are rival claims.All these writ petitions are disposed of in the above terms. No costs.24.11.2025Index: yes/noSpeaking order/Non-speaking orderNeutral citation: yes/nogmTo1.The Tahsildar,Udayarpalayam Taluk,Jayankondam, Ariyalur District.9/13 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Writ Petition Nos.44948, 45041, 45212 & 45237 of 20252.The Head Surveyor,Udayarpalayam Taluk, Jayankondam, Ariyalur District.3.The Deputy Superintendent of Police,Jayankondam Sub Division, Ariyalur District.4.The Inspector of Police,Jayankondam Police Station, Ariyalur District.5.The Tashildhar,Mettupalayam Taluk,Coimbatore District.6.The Inspector of Police,Karamadai Police Station, Coimbatore District.7. The District Collector,District Collectorate,Ranipet District.8.The Revenue Divisional Officer,Arakonnam Taluk, Ranipet District 631 001.9.The Thasildar,Arakonnam Taluk, Ranipet District 631 001.10.The District Collector,10/13 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Writ Petition Nos.44948, 45041, 45212 & 45237 of 2025District Collector Office, Nagapattinam District.11.The Assistant Director,Survey and Land Records Department, Nagapattinam District.12.The Tahsildar,Vedaranyam Taluk Office,Nagapattinam District.11/13 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Writ Petition Nos.44948, 45041, 45212 & 45237 of 2025N.ANAND VENKATESH, J.gmWrit Petition Nos.44948, 45041, 45212 & 45237 of 202512/13 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Writ Petition Nos.44948, 45041, 45212 & 45237 of 202524.11.202513/13