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2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 25527

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
M. NIRMAL KUMAR, J
D. Thangadurai – Appellant
Versus
The District Collector, Perambalur District. – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr.T.Dharani
For the Respondents: Mr.Leonard Arul Joseph Selvam, Addl. Public Prosecutor for R2 & R6

Table of Content
1. mandamus sought for police protection of customary temple procession. (Para 1 , 2)
2. distinguished prior omnibus petition; festival confined to temple premises. (Para 4)

ORDER

This Writ Petition (Criminal) has been filed seeking a direction to the respondents, particularly the 6th respondents, to provide adequate police protection for conducting the Murugan Temple Swamy Thiruveedhi Ula (Temple Procession) scheduled to be held on 01.04.2026 through South Theradi Street up to Irattai Palam, Inam Agaram Village, Veppanthattai Taluk, Perambalur District, by strictly adhering to the order passed by this Court in W.P.Crl.No.199 of 2025 dated 08.07.2025 and in accordance with the proceedings of the Superintendent of Police, Perambalur District in Na.Ka.No.207/SP/Camp/IPLR/2022 dated 02.08.2022.

2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the temple procession (Swamy Thiruvedhi Ula) has been conducted for several decades through the customary route,including South Theradi Street up to Irattai Palam, without any law and order issues. The obstruction raised on the ground that a Scheduled Caste residential area is situated nearby is illegal, discriminatory and v

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