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2025 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 45148
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
S.Sounthar, J
K.V.R.Thirusenthil – Appellant
Versus
The Revenue Divisional Officer, Pattukkottai Taluk, Thanjavur District – Respondent
W.P.(MD) SR.No.48199 of 2025
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr.S.Ramesh
For the Respondents: Mr.A.Baskaran, Addl. Govt. Pleader.
The Court emphasized that challenges to reports in pending writ petitions must be raised during those hearings, not through separate writs.
Headnote:The Writ Petition was filed under Article 226 of the Constitution to challenge a compliance report issued by the first respondent in pending cases W.P.(MD) Nos.478 and 479 of 2023. The Court determined that the petitioner should raise objections during hearings of the pending petitions rather than file a separate writ. The maintainability of the petition was rejected, allowing objections only at the appropriate stage.
ORDER
The Writ Petition is filed, challenging the report filed by the first respondent herein in pending writ petitions in W.P.(MD) Nos.478 and 479 of
2023.
2. It is seen from the records that the impugned report was filed by the first respondent, pursuant to the direction issued by this Court in W.P. (MD) Nos.478 and 479 of 2023, dated 21.06.2023. If the petitioner is aggrieved by the report, he can raise all his objections when the report is sought to be pressed into service whenever the above said two writ petitions are taken up for hearing. When the impugned report is filed before this Court in the pending writ petitions, it is not open to the petitioner to file a separate writ petition, seeking quashment of the report. Therefore, the objection raised by the Registry as to the maintainability of the Writ Petition is sustained and the Writ Petition stands rejected at SR stage itself, with liberty to petitioner to raise all his objections in pending writ petitions W.P.(MD)Nos.478 and 479 of
