BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 29.01.2026 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE G.JAYACHANDRAN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.K.RAMAKRISHNAN WA(MD)No.84 of 2026 and CMP(MD) No.856 of 2026

1.The Block Development Officer, Panchayat Union Office, Munjarai Kanyakumari District.

2.The Special Officer/Block Development Officer, Painkulam Village Panchayat, Painkulam Kanyakumari District ... Appellants Vs S.Naveen Raja ... Respondent PRAYER :-Writ Appeal filed under Clause 15 of Letters Patent, praying to prefer this Memorandum of Grounds of Writ Appeal against the order made in WP(MD). No.14295 of 2025 dated 22.05.2025.

For Appellants : Mr.Veera Kathiravan Additional Advocate General assisted by Mr.S.P.Maharajan Special Government Pleader For Respondent : Mr.H.Velavadhas

JUDGMENT

(Judgment of the Court was delivered by Dr.G.JAYACHANDRAN, J.)

The appellant herein, the Block Development Officer/Head of the Panchayat Union, has preferred this writ appeal against the order passed by the learned Single Judge permitting the respondent to continue the operation of ice plant established in Painkulam Village Panchayat and running since 2017. The learned Single Judge, after consider