IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 04-11-2025 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R. SURESH KUMAR AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE HEMANT CHANDANGOUDAR WP No. 18368 of 2025 AND WMP NO. 20565 OF 2025 Loganathan S/o Annamalai, No 37, Ponnusamy Street, Polur, Thiruvannamalai District 606 803 Tamil Nadu ..Petitioner Vs 1. The District Collector Office Of The District Collector Vengikkal, Thiruvannamalai District 2. The District Revneue Officer Office Fo The District Revneue Officer, Vengikkal, Thiruvannamalai District 3. The Block Development Officer (Block Panchayat) Polur Town Panchayat, Polur Thiruvannamalai District 4. The Tahsildar Taluk Office, Polur Thiruvannamalai District 5. Hindu Religious Charitable Endowment Department Represented By Its Commissioner, No 119, Mg Road, Nungambakkam Chennai 600 034. __________ p. 2 6. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (villupuram) Limited, (TNSTC-VPM Ltd., ) Formerly Known As Pattukottai Azhagiri Transport Corporation, Represented By Its Managing Director No 3/137, Salamedu, Valudhareddy Post Villupuram 7. The General Manager Tamil Nadu State Transport Transport Corporation (villupuram) Limited, Thiruvannamalai Central Bus Station Thiruvannamalai District 8. The Depot Manager Polur Depot, Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (villupuram) Limited Thiruvannamalai Zone Polur Taluk, Thiruvannamalai ..Respondents Prayer : Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondent Nos 1 to 5 to consider and take appropriate action on the representations dated 08.04.2025 submitted by the petitioner thereby to remove encroachments made by the 6th , 7th and 8th respondent in Survey No 684/3, which in Nilaveyal pathai, by completely blocking the pathway leading to survey Nos. survey Nos. 689, 690, 691, 692, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1091/A, 1087/A, 1092/A, which are agriculture land and make in free from all kind of encroachments so as to enable the farmers to freely access their agriculture lands and also remove the encroachments made by them in the water channel / course in Survey no 683/3, 684/2 and resotre the water channel / course in Survey No 683/3 which originally starts from polur Lake, after passes trough various survey Numbers i.e., 684/2 689/3 1085/2, etc., ultimately it reaches cheyyar lake. __________ p. 3 For Petitioners : Mr. Prakash Adiapadam For Respondents : Ms.M.Jayanthy Additional Government Pleader -for RR 1, 2 and 4 Mr.C.Selvaraj Additional Government Pleader - for R3 Mr.K.Karthikeyan Government Advocate - for R5 Mr.T.Chandrasekaran Standing Counsel - for R6 to 8 Order (Order of the Court was made by R.Suresh Kumar J.) Learned counsel for the petitioner wants to withdraw the writ petition with a liberty to approach the competent Civil Court to establish his right of easement and get redressal of his grievance. 2. Recording the said submission, this writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed. (R.S.K.,J.) (H.C.,J.) 04-11-2025 Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order Neutral Citation: Yes/No KST __________ p. 4 To 1. The District Collector Office Of The District Collector Vengikkal, Thiruvannamalai District. 2. The District Revneue Officer Office Fo The District Revneue Officer, Vengikkal, Thiruvannamalai District 3. The Block Development Officer (block Panchayat) Polur Town Panchayat, Polur Thiruvannamalai District 4. The Tahsildar Taluk Office, Polur Thiruvannamalai District 5. Hindu Religious Charitable Endowment Department Represented By Its Commissioner, No 119, Mg Road, Nungambakkam Chennai 600 034 6. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (villupuram) Limited, (TNSTC-VPM Ltd., ) Formerly Known As Pattukottai Azhagiri Transport Corporation, Represented By Its Managing Director No 3/137, Salamedu, Valudhareddy Post Villupuram 7. The General Manager Tamil Nadu State Transport Transport Corporation (villupuram) Limited, Thiruvannamalai Central Bus Station Thiruvannamalai District 8. The Depot Manager Polur Depot, Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (villupuram) Limtied Thiruvannamalai Zone Polur Taluk, Thiruvannamalai __________ p. 5 R.SURESH KUMAR J. AND HEMANT CHANDANGOUDAR J. KST WP No. 18368 of 2025 AND WMP NO. 20565 OF 2025 04-11-2025 __________