BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 07.11.2023 CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE V.LAKSHMINARAYANAN W.P.(MD) No.4232 of 2018 T.Sivakumar ... Petitioner -vs-

1.The District Collector Trichy Trichy District

2.The Divisional Engineer State Highways Trichirappalli

3.The Tahsildar Thiruvarumbur Taluk Trichy District

4.The Registrar National Institute of Technology Thanjavore Road Trichy-620 015

5.K.L.K.A.Jagiriya

6.M.Rajamohammed

7.T.Palanisamy ... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondents 1 to 3 to remove the encroachments in the road from Anna Arch to VOC Nagar Bridge in Thuvakudi Malai Town, Thiruvarumbur Taluk, Trichy District, based on the communication of the fourth respondent dated 20.11.2017 made in Ref.No.

2-1NITT/2017-2018.

For Petitioner : Mr.Murali for Mr.K.Govindarajan For Respondents : Mr.S.Kameswaran Government Advocate for R1 to R3 Ms.J.Maria Roseline for R4

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.]

The relief sought for in the present writ petition is to direct the respondents respondents 1 to 3 to remove t