CONT P No. 1130 of 2025 __________ Page1 of 4 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 18-02-2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V. KARTHIKEYAN AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE K.KUMARESH BABU CONT P No. 1130 of 2025 R. Sampath ..Petitioner Vs 1. Thiru.K.Tharpagaraj The District Collector, Thiruvannamalai District, Thiruvannamalai 606 604. 2. Mr.Subramanian, The Revenue Divisional Officer, O/o.Arani Revenue Divisional Office, Thiruvannamalai District, Thiruvannamalai 632 301. 3. Mr.Venkatesan, The Tahsildar, Polur Taluk, Thiruvannamalai District, Thiruvannamalai-606 803. ..Contemnors Contempt Petition filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act, 1971 to punish the respondents for their willful, wanton and deliberate disobedience of the order, dated 22.07.2024 passed by this Hon'ble Court in the writ petition in W.P.No.13364 of 2024. For Petitioner: Mr.N.Ramesh https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CONT P No. 1130 of 2025 __________ Page2 of 4 For Contemnors: Mr.A.Selvendran, AGP ORDER (Order of the Court was made by K.Kumaresh Babu J.) Today, when the matter was taken up, Mr.M.Krishnamoorthy, Tahsildar, Polur, Mr.S.Balasubramanian former RDO, Arani and Mr.M.Venkatesan, former Tahsildar Polur were present in court. 2. Producing a compliance report dated 13.2.2026 of the third defendant, the learned Additional Government Pleader would submit that steps have been taken to secure the property from the encroachers. 3. Para 16 and 17 of the said compliance report are reproduced hereunder for ready reference:- "16. I respectfully submitted that Thiru.Adhishkumar S/o.Chinnaraji one of the encroachers mentioned above, has again encroached upon the land by burying a pipeline in survey Nos.254/5 and 254/6 after the encroachments were removed. This encroachment was removed on 29.01.2026 in the presence of petitioner Thiru.R.Sampath S/o.Late Ramasamy. 17. I respectfully submitted that a complaint has been filed with the police against Thiru.Adhishkumar S/o.Chinnaraji for re-encroaching on Government land, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CONT P No. 1130 of 2025 __________ Page3 of 4 and an FIR bearing number 34/2026 has been registered against him, and action has been initiated." 4. Recording the submission of the learned Additional Government Pleader and the compliance report, we hold that no further orders are required to be passed in this contempt petition. Accordingly, it is closed. (C.V.K.,J.) (K.B.,J.) 18-02-2026 Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order Neutral Citation: Yes/No ssk To 1. Thiru. K. Tharpagaraj The District Collector, Thiruvannamalai District, Thiruvannamalai 606 604. 2. Mr. Subramanian, The Revenue Divisional Officer, O/o.Arani Revenue Divisional Office, Thiruvannamalai District, Thiruvannamalai 632 301. 3. Mr. Venkatesan, The Tahsildar, Polur Taluk, Thiruvannamalai District, Thiruvannamalai-606 803. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CONT P No. 1130 of 2025 __________ Page4 of 4 C.V.KARTHIKEYAN, J. AND K.KUMARESH BABU, J. ssk CONT P No. 1130 of 2025 18-02-2026 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis