W.P. No.6836 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 28.02.2025 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.SUNDAR and THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE K. GOVINDARAJAN THILAKAVADI W.P.No.6836 of 2025 K. Saroja Petitioner vs. 1. The District Collector Kallakuruchi District Kallakurichi 606 202 2. The District Revenue Officer District Collector Office Kallakuruchi 606 202 3. The Revenue Divisional Officer Revenue Divisional Office Kallakuruchi 606 202 4. The Tahsildar Chinna Salem Taluk Office Chinnasalem 606 207 5. Velayudham 6. Periyasamy 7. Chinnapillai 8. Anbarasan 9. Bhupathi Page Nos.1/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P. No.6836 of 2025 10. Chinnaponnu 11. Raasambal 12. Manikandan 13. Ambika 14. Meenakshi 15. Palani 16. Ayodhyi 17. Shanthi 18. Kulanthaivel 19. Marimuthu 20. Chinnasamy 21. Selvam 22. Periyasamy 23. Narayanasamy 24. Ramasamy 25. Saroja 26. Venkatesan 27. Marimuthu 28. Kandasamy 29. Karuppaiyan Page Nos.2/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P. No.6836 of 2025 30. Prabhakaran 31. Periyasamy Respondents Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of mandamus directing the respondents 1 to 4 to consider and dispose of the petitioner's representation dated 04.08.2023 and 05.08.2024 to remove the illegal encroachment in public water canal in Survey Nos.275, 279/2 and 280/2 at Eduthavainatham Village, Chinnasalem Taluk, Kallakuruchi District and to retrieve the public waterway from the clutches of the local villagers. For petitioner Mr. G.V. Sridharan ORDER [made by M.SUNDAR, J.] After some arguments, learned counsel on record for writ petitioner sought leave of this Court to withdraw the captioned 'writ petition' (hereinafter 'WP' for the sake of brevity) but made a plea to preserve all the rights and contentions of the writ petitioner and/or anyone else concerned with the matter to file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on the same subject as writ petitioner is espousing a larger public cause. This request is acceded to. Endorsement made by learned counsel on record for writ petitioner in the case file is as follows: Page Nos.3/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P. No.6836 of 2025 2. In the light of the narrative thus far, captioned WP is disposed of as withdrawn/closed albeit with preservation of all rights and contentions of writ petitioner in the aforesaid manner. There shall be no order as to costs. (M.S., J.) (K.G.T., J.) 28.02.2025 cad Index : Yes/No NC : Yes/No Page Nos.4/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P. No.6836 of 2025 To: 1. The District Collector Kallakuruchi District Kallakurichi 606 202 2. The District Revenue Officer District Collector Office Kallakuruchi 606 202 3. The Revenue Divisional Officer Revenue Divisional Office Kallakuruchi 606 202 4. The Tahsildar Chinna Salem Taluk Office Chinnasalem 606 207 Page Nos.5/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P. No.6836 of 2025 M.SUNDAR, J. and K. GOVINDARAJAN THILAKAVADI, J. cad W.P. No.6836 of 2025 28.02.2025 Page Nos.6/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis