JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court to issue a Writ of Mandamus, to direct the respondents herein to grant necessary permission to erect and unveil the Bronze statue of Thiru.Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar in petitioner's Trust land in Survey No.532/4 at Mustakkuruchi Village in Door No.2/68 of Mustakkuruchi Village Panchayat.)

1. The petitioner is the founder-trustee of Mustakkuruchi Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar Charitable Trust. It is a registered body. The trust has constructed a community hall bearing Door No.2/68. The trust has resolved to erect the bronze statue of Thiru.Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar in the said campus. Though the petitioner has moved the authorities for erecting the statue, no order was passed till date. The petitioner, therefore, filed WP(MD)No.18056 of 2019 for directing the District Collector, Ramanathapuram to consider granting permission for erection of the statue. The writ petition was disposed of on 20.08.2019 in the following terms :

“13.As has been rightly pointed out by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the issue of erecting the statue of a National Leader/free