A petitioner seeking a writ of mandamus for access to a property must demonstrate legal compliance, such as possessing valid building plan approvals or business permissions, particularly when alternative access exists.

PRAYER:

Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to consider the grievances of the petitioners and to avoid any such measures proposed to be taken, under the guise of preventing encroachments in the 'Giri Vala Veethi' at Palani, to obstruct the petitioners' free ingress and egress at the property in his possession and enjoyment at T.S.Nos.79 & 80, North Giri Vala Veedhi, Swamymalai Adivaram, Palani Town and to provide free access to the petitioners and the occupants of their property in the 'Giri Vala Veethi' to reach their property using their vehicles.

ORDER

[Order of the Court was made by D.KRISHNAKUMAR, J.]

1. This Writ Petition has been filed for a Mandamus directing the respondents to consider the grievances of the petitioners and to avoid any such measures proposed to be taken, under the guise of preventing encroachments in the 'Giri Vala Veethi' at Palani, to obstruct the petitioners' free ingress and egress at the property in his possession and enjoyment at T.S.Nos.79 & 80, North Giri Vala Veedhi, Swamymalai Adivaram, Palani Town and to provide free access to the petitioners and the occupants of their property in the 'Giri Vala Veethi' to reach their property using their vehicles.

2. The case of the petitioner is that he is the owner of the properties at T.S.Nos.79 & 80, North Giri Vala Veedhi, Swamymalai Adivaram, Palani Town which is covered on three sides by patta land belonging to third parties, making the Girivala veedhi the only way to approach his properties. According to the petitioner, he is denied free access to her property using the Girivala veedhi road, since there are barriers to his patta land, obstructing the free ingress and egress of the petitioner by use of cars or two wheelers, which is then compelled to be parked outside the Girivala veedhi road making it a suffering to transport goods for the business of the petitioner. The representation submitted to the respondents to redress his grievances were not addressed, instead the authorities are preparing to construct a permanent kerb wall which would permanently deny the free access to his property. Hence this Writ Petition has been filed with the aforesaid prayer.

3. Heard the learned Additional Advocate General for the respondents and also perused the materials available on record.

4. The prayer in the writ petition is only to consider the grievances of the petitioner and to provide free access to the petitioner property in the North 'Giri Vala Veethi' to reach his property using their vehicles. It is seen that the petitioner has not obtained any building plan approval for the building or permission to run the business either from the local municipality or other authorities and neither any record has been placed before this Court for obtaining building plan approval nor any averment has been made in the affidavit. In such circumstances, the prayer sought for by the petitioner cannot be granted.

5. The learned Standing Counsel for the Palani Devasthanam Board / fifth respondent submitted that the petitioner's property is adjoined to the Itteri Road and leads to the Poonga Road and alternative pathway is available to have the ingress and egress to the petitioner's property and therefore, denied the averments made by the petitioner that there is obstruction to the free ingress and egress to the petitioner's property. He also assured that the fifth respondent will provide 3 feet width for the ingress and egress to the petitioner's shops.

6. The submission made by the learned Standing Counsel for the Devasthanam Board is placed on record. If at