BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Dated : 03/03/2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT CHANDANGOUDAR Panchavarnam ... Petitioner Vs

1. The Director General, Fire and Rescue Service, Head Quarters Office, Chennai.

2. The District Fire Officer, Fire and Rescue Service, Ramanathapuram.

3. The Tahsildar, North Taluk Office, Madurai.. ... Respondents PRAYER :- Writ Petition, filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this court to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records pertaining to the Impugned order of Legal Heir Certificate issued by the 3rd respondent vide certificate No. TN7202207191859 dated 25.07.2022 and quash the same as illegal, improper, unlawful, unconstitutional and arbitrary and consequently direct to issue Legal Heir Certificate afresh including Petitioner's name.

For Petitioner : M/s. Murugan .R For Respondents : Mr.P.Subbaraj, Spl. Government Pleader

ORDER

The petitioner has challenged the legal heir certificate issued by the third respondent in respect of the deceased Kannan, wherein the names of his wife and two children have been included, while the name of the petitioner has been excluded.

2. According to the pet