The court may compel administrative authorities to fulfill their statutory duties regarding land survey and title determination.

ORDER

This writ petition has been filed for the issue of a writ of mandamus directing the 2nd and 3rd respondents to act upon the representation made by the petitioner on 27.09.2025, wherein the petitioner is seeking for the survey of the subject property and for demarcation of boundaries and for issuing sub-division patta to the petitioner within the time frame fixed by this Court.

2.Heard Mr.R.Bharath Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr.S.Arumugam, learned Government Advocate for R1 to R3 and Mr.L.Baskaran, learned Government Advocate (Crl.Side) for R4.

3.The petitioner is seeking right and title over the subject property by virtue of a registered sale deed dated 06.6.2024, registered as Document No.2322/2024.

4.The petitioner submitted an application on 20.8.2024 seeking for the survey of the subject property and for sub-division of the same and for issuance of sub-division patta in the name of the petitioner. Since the same was not considered a representation dated 27.09.2025 was made by the petitioner and the same also did not evoke any response. It is under these circumstances, the present writ petition came to be filed before this Court.

5.Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and the materials placed before this Court, there shall be a direction to the 2nd and 3rd respondents to act upon the application submitted by the petitioner on 20.8.2024 and conduct the survey based on the title documents relied upon by the petitioner and thereafter, deal with the request made by the petitioner seeking for sub-division patta. The entire process shall be completed within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of copy of the order. If there are any other interested parties, they shall be put on notice before a final decision is taken.

This writ petition is disposed of with the above directions. No costs.