IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 25.2.2010 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.JAICHANDREN Writ Petition No.2715 OF 2010 A.S.M.BALASUBRAMANIAN ..PETITIONER Vs 1. THE COMMISSIONER, CHENNAI CITY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, RIPON BUILDINGS, CHENNAI. 2. THE ZONAL OFFICER, CHENNAI CITY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, 266 T.H.ROAD, CHENNAI 21. 3. THE ASST. ENGINEER, CHENNAI CITY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, KODUNGAIYUR, CHENNAI. 4. THE TAHSILDAR, FORT-TONDIARPET TK, CHENNAI 1. 5. A.S.M. RADHAKRISHNAN 6. A.M. MUTHIAH 7. S.B. SWAMINATHAN ..RESPONDENTS Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the records of the 2nd respondent relating to ZO 1 C. No.7914/2009 dated 7.12.2009 quash the same and direct the respondents 1 to 4 to remove the lamp posts and the road laid in patta land belonging to the petitioner's family in TS No. 73 (S.No.53) Block No.10, Kodingaiyur village, Fort Tondiarpet Taluk, Chennai 118 and restore the land to its original status. For Petitioner : M/s.Hema Sampath Senior Advocate for Mr.S.Venkateswaran For Respondents : Mr.A.Mohamed Ghouse for R1 to R3 Mr.R.Murali, Government Advocate for R4 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ O R D E R At this stage of the hearing of the writ petition, a counter affidavit had been filed on behalf of the second respondent stating that there is no proposal to lay a road in the land belonging to the petitioner. He had also stated that the lamp posts erected in the land in question had also been removed by the Electrical Department of the Chennai City Municipal Corporation, on 18.2.2010. 2. Paragraph 4 of the counter affidavit reads as follows: "4. It is further submitted that the petitioner has challenged the second respondent's letter bearing No.ZoI.C.No.7914 dated 7.12.2009 addressed to the Tahsildar, Fort-Tondiarpet Taluk, Chennai-1, in by which the second respondent requested the Thasildar, Fort-Tondiarpet Taluk to demarcate the land in Block No.10, T.S.No.73 & Survey No.53 of Kodungaiyur Village for the purpose of forming road. In response to the said letter, the Thasildar, Fort-Tondiarpet Taluk, by his letter bearing No.A1/1754/10, dated 12.2.2010, informed that the land in Block No.10, T.S.No.73 & Survey No.53 of Kodungaiyur Village has not been subdivided as road. Therefore, there is no proposal to lay the road in the above land. The lamp posts erected in the said land were also removed by electrical department on 18.2.2010." 3. In such circumstances, since no further orders are necessary, the writ petition stands closed. No costs. Consequently, connected M.P.Nos.1 and 2 of 2010 are closed. Sd/ Asst.Registrar /true copy/ Sub Asst.Registrar lan To 1. THE COMMISSIONER, CHENNAI CITY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, RIPON BUILDINGS, CHENNAI. 2. THE ZONAL OFFICER, CHENNAI CITY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, 266 T.H.ROAD, CHENNAI 21. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 3. THE ASST. ENGINEER, CHENNAI CITY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, KODUNGAIYUR, CHENNAI. 4. THE TAHSILDAR, FORT-TONDIARPET TK, CHENNAI 1. + 1 c.c. to Mr. S. Venkateswaran, Advocate. S.R.No.12956. + 1 c.c. to Mr. A. Mohammed Gouse, Advocate. S.R.No.13074. Writ Petition No.2715 OF 2010 SP (CO) GSK 09.03.2010. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/