1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 22.07.2011 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.SUDHAKAR W.P.(MD)No.6058 of 2011 and M.P.(MD)No.1 of 2011 B.Jaya Singh Moses ... Petitioner Vs. 1. The District Collector, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District. 2. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Padmanabhapuram, Thackalay Post, Kanyakumari District. 3. The Tahsildar,Kalkulam Taluk, Thackalay Post, Kanyakumari District. 4. The Inspector of Police, Thackalay Police Station, Kanyakumari District. ... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to release the vehicle of the petitioner bearing Registration No.TN-74-V-6053, Tempo TATA SFC 407 seized on 31.05.2011, by the respondents which is in the custody of the respondents 2 and 4. For Petitioner ... Mr.A.Rajkumar Sen For Respondents ... Mr.TR.Janarthanam, Additional Govt. Pleader ORDER This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner to issue a writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to release the vehicle of the petitioner bearing Registration No.TN-74-V-6053, Tempo TATA SFC 407 seized on 31.05.2011, by the respondents which is in the custody of the respondents 2 and 4. 2. Heard Mr.A.Rajkumar Sen, learned Counsel for the petitioner and Mr.TR.Janarthanam, learned Additional Government Pleader, who takes notice for the respondents. 3. By consent, the writ petition itself is taken up for final disposal. 4. The petitioner is the owner of the Tempo TATA SFC 407 bearing Registration No.TN-74-V-6053 and the respondents 2 and 3 seized the same and further, he made a telegraph representation to the first respondent on 01.06.2011 to release the vehicle. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 5. The learned Counsel for the petitioner relies on the decision of the Division Bench of this Court in Deputy Commissioner of Civil Supplies, City South, Chennai and another v. S.Damodaran reported in (2007) 3 MLJ 196. 6. In view of the decision of the Division Bench of this Court, the petitioner is given liberty to approach the competent authority with an application for release of the vehicle concerned and as and when such application is filed, the authority shall consider the same as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of one week after such filing of the application. 7. The writ petition is disposed of in the above terms. Consequently the connected Miscellaneous Petition is closed. No costs. SD ASST REGISTRAR ( CO ) /TRUE COPY/ SUB ASST REGISTRAR ssl To: 1. The District Collector, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District. 2. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Padmanabhapuram, Thackalay Post, Kanyakumari District. 3. The Tahsildar, Kalkulam Taluk, Thackalay Post, Kanyakumari District. 4. The Inspector of Police, Thackalay Police Station, Kanyakumari District. 1CC TO MR. A. RAJKUMAR SEN, ADVOCATE, SR: 24300: 1CC TO THE SPL. GOVT PLEADER SR: 24459 DM::2011:JULY::27:: W.P.(MD)No.6058 of 2011 and M.P.(MD)No.1 of 2011 22.7.2011 2P:7C:: https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/