C.M.P.(MD) No.11272 of 2025 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 02.02.2026 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE G.JAYACHANDRAN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.K.RAMAKRISHNAN C.M.P.(MD) No.11272 of 2025 in W.A.(MD) SR No.51856 of 2025 1.The Manager Tamilnadu Housing Board CMDA Complex E&C Market Road Koyambedu, Chennai 2.The Executive Engineer and Administrative Officer Thiruchirappalli Housing Unit Kajamalai Road Thiruchirappalli ... Petitioners -vs- N.Chithrakala ... Respondent PRAYER: Petition filed under Section 5 of Limitation Act to condone the delay of 40 days in filing the above writ appeal as against the order dated 05.02.2025, passed in W.P.(MD) No.4071 of 2022. ____________ p. 2 C.M.P.(MD) No.11272 of 2025 For Petitioners : Mr.A.Kannan For Respondent : Ms.Sheena Palanivelu O R D E R [Order of the Court was made by DR.G.JAYACHANDRAN, J.] This civil miscellaneous petition has been filed seeking to condone the delay of 40 days in the filing the above writ appeal. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the respondent / writ petitioner opposes the condonation of delay stating that the order of the learned Single Judge has already been complied with by the petitioners herein pursuant to the contempt petition filed by the writ petitioner and therefore, nothing survives for consideration in this writ appeal. 3. However, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners would submit that due to the intervening summer vacation, there was a delay in filing the above writ appeal and the learned Single Judge had not taken into consideration the grounds raised by the petitioners herein in their counter affidavit filed in the writ petition. Hence, the order of the learned Single Judge is to be revisited. ____________ p. 3 C.M.P.(MD) No.11272 of 2025 4. This Court is satisfied with the reasons stated in the accompanying affidavit. Hence, this civil miscellaneous petition is allowed and the delay of 40 days in filing the above writ appeal is condoned. 5. Registry is directed to number the writ appeal, if the papers are otherwise in order, and post the same for admission in the usual course. [G.J., J.] [K.K.R.K., J.] 02.02.2026 NCC : Yes / No Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No krk ____________ p. 4 C.M.P.(MD) No.11272 of 2025 DR.G.JAYACHANDRAN, J. AND K.K.RAMAKRISHNAN, J. krk C.M.P.(MD) No.11272 of 2025 in W.A.(MD) SR No.51856 of 2025 02.02.2026 ____________