WP No. 22763 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 26-06-2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE N. ANAND VENKATESH WP No. 22763 of 2025 AND WMP NO. 25592 OF 2025 1. M.Raghu, S/o.G.Muthu, No.16 Poonamallee High Road, Pillaiyar Koil Street, Maduravoyal, Chennai-600 095. Petitioner(s) Vs 1. The Commissioner, Hindu Religious And Charitable Endowment Board, Nungambakkam, Chennai-600 034. 2.The Joint Commissioner, Hindu Religious And Charitable Endowments Department, Chennai Division II, O/o.The Learned Joint Commissioner, Mylapore, Chennai-4. 3.The Assistant Commissioner, Hindu Religious And Charitable Endowments Department, Chennai Division II, Yadava Street, Padi, Chennai-600 050. 4.The Executive Officer, A/m. Markasagaya Eswarar Vagayara Temple, Poonamallee https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 22763 of 2025 High Road, Maduravoyal, Chennai-600 095. Respondent(s) PRAYER Writ petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India for the issuance of writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to consider the petitioners representation dated 23.04.2025 and thereby, direct the 4th respondent to handover the office key of the Arulmighu Sri Varasiddhi Vinayagar Temple situated at Pillaiyar Koil Street, Maduravoyal, Chennai to the petitioner and not to disturb the petitioner to maintain the temple For Petitioner(s): Mr .Gopalakrishnan For Respondent(s): Mr.S.Ravi Chandran Additional Government Pleader ORDER This writ petition has been filed for the issue of writ of Mandamus directing the 4th respondent to hand over the office key of Arulmighu Sri Varasiddhi Vinayagar Temple situated at Pillaiyar Koil Street, Maduravoyal and not to disturb the petitioner in administering and maintaining the temple. 2. When the matter was taken up for hearing today, the learned Additional Government Pleader appearing on behalf of the respondent submitted that as early as on 07.10.2016, the petitioner https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 22763 of 2025 has already handed over the administration and maintenance of the temple to the Executive Officer and all of a sudden, in the year 2025, the petitioner has come up with the present writ petition. The learned Additional Government Pleader submitted that the petitioner is now attempting to take over control of the temple, which is already under the control of the Executive Officer from the year 2016. 3. In the light of the above submission and the materials placed before this Court, the relief as sought for by the petitioner cannot be granted by this Court. If the petitioner is aggrieved by the fact that the Executive officer has taken over the administration of the temple, he should have questioned the same and without doing so, the petitioner has approached this Court in the year 2025 and is seeking for an innocuous prayer in a case which already has a background right from the year 2016. 4. In the result, this writ petition is dismissed. No costs. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petition is closed. 26-06-2025 rka https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 22763 of 2025 Index:Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order Internet:Yes Neutral Citation:Yes/No To 1.The Commissioner, Hindu Religious And Charitable Endowment Board, Nungambakkam, Chennai-600 034. 2.The Joint Commissioner, Hindu Religious And Charitable Endowments Department, Chennai Division Ii, O/o.The Learned Joint Commissioner, Mylapore, Chennai-4. 3.The Assistant Commissioner, Hindu Religious And Charitable Endowments Department, Chennai Division Ii, Yadava Street, Padi, Chennai-600 050. 4.The Executive Officer, A/m. Markasagaya Eswarar Vagayara Temple, Poonamallee High Road, Maduravoyal, Chennai-600 095. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 22763 of 2025 N.ANAND VENKATESH J. rka WP No. 22763 of 2025 WMP NO. 25592 OF 2025 26-06-2025 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis