CRP No. 4248 of 2026 __________ Page1 of 6 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 24-07-2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE ABDUL QUDDHOSE CRP No. 4248 of 2026 1. V. Settu alias Sethu 2. V.Vasu ..Petitioners Vs 1. The Commissioner Vellore Corporation (Katpadi Zone) Previously Executive Officer, Selection Grade, Town Panchayat, Katpadi,Vellore District. 2. The Director of Town Panchayat, Kuralagam, Chennai. ..Respondents Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of Constitution of India praying to direct the Principal District Judge at Vellore, Vellore District to number the suits in O.S.SR.No.3213 of 2024 on the file of the Principal District Judge at Vellore, Vellore District and take it on file. For Petitioner(s): Mr.M.Sathish Kumar For Respondent(s): Mr.P.S.Prabhu (R1) Standing Counsel Mr.V.Balakrishnan Government Advocate (R2) https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRP No. 4248 of 2026 __________ Page2 of 6 ORDER This Civil Revision Petition has been filed under Article 227 of Constitution of India to direct the Principal District Court, Vellore to number the suit in O.S..Sr.No.3213 of 2024 on the file of the Principal District Court, Vellore. 2. According to the petitioner/Plaintiff, the plaint was presented before the Principal District Court, Vellore in O.S.Sr.No.3213 of 2024, pursuant to the Judgment passed by this Court on 20.04.2023 in S.A.No.1205 of 2010. In the said Second Appeal, the appellant therein who is the petitioner herein was directed to present the returned plaint before the jurisdictional Court on or before 31.08.2023. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the plaint was returned to him by the Registry of the High Court only after the deadline fixed under the Judgment dated 20.04.2023 passed in S.A.No.1205 of 2010. In view of the same, the plaint was represented before the Principal District Court, Vellore which is the jurisdiction Court in O.S.Sr.No.3213 of 2024. 2.1. Further he would submit that despite explaining to the Court below, the reason for the delay in re-presenting the plaint, the Court below has not numbered the suit till date. Learned counsel for the petitioner also drew the https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRP No. 4248 of 2026 __________ Page3 of 6 attention of this Court to the various returns passed by the Principal District Court, Vellore in O.S.Sr.No.3213 of 2024. 3. Admittedly the petitioner’s counsel was not granted an opportunity to put forward his submissions before the Court to establish that the suit in O.S.Sr.No.3213 of 2024 has to be numbered and summons has to be sent to the defendants. 4. This Court has also perused various returns passed by the District Court, Vellore, returning the plaint for certain compliances to be made by the petitioner/plaintiff. But as seen from those returns, the petitioner’s counsel has not been granted an opportunity to make his submissions before the Court to establish that the suit in O.S.Sr.No.3213 of 2024 has to be numbered and summons has to be sent to the defendants. 5. Since no opportunity of hearing was granted to the petitioner’s counsel by the Principal District Court, Vellore, this Civil Revision Petition is disposed of, by directing the Principal District Court, Vellore to list OS.Sr.No.3213 of 2024 before the Court ‘for maintainability’ on a specified date. On that specified date, the petitioner’s counsel shall address the Court with regard to the maintainability of the suit filed in O.S.Sr.No.3213 of 2024 and try to convince the Principal District Court, Vellore that the suit is maintainable and it has to be https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRP No. 4248 of 2026 __________ Page4 of 6 numbered and summons has to be sent to the defendants. If the Principal District Court, Vellore is convinced based on the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the Principal District Court, Vellore shall number the suit in O.S.Sr.No.3213 of 2024 and issue summons to the defendants and if the Principal District Court, Vellore finds otherwise, the Principal District Court, Vellore, shall pass a speaking order, after giving due consideration to the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner with regard to the maintainability of the suit. The aforesaid exercise shall be completed by the Principal District Court, Vellore within a period of four weeks from the date when the suit is listed for maintainability. No costs. 6. Registry of this Court is directed to return the original plaint filed in O.S.Sr.No.3213 of 2024 to the learned counsel for the petitioner to enable the petitioner to represent the same before the Principal District Court, Vellore to enable the Principal District Court, Vellore to comply with the directions of this Court. 24-07-2026 Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order Neutral Citation: Yes/No arr https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRP No. 4248 of 2026 __________ Page5 of 6 To The Principal District Court, Vellore. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRP No. 4248 of 2026 __________ Page6 of 6 ABDUL QUDDHOSE, J. arr CRP No. 4248 of 2026 24-07-2026 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis