Madras High Court
CONT P/2400/2026 of Arulmigu Seetha Ramaswamy Devaswom Vs Mr. Vasudevan and another on 2 September 2026
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 02-09-2026
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE P.T. ASHA
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Arulmigu Seetha Ramaswamy Devaswom
Pushpagiri Agraharam
Punkunnam, Punkunnam Taluk
Thrissur District - 680 002,
Kerala State.
..Petitioner
Vs
1. Mr. Vasudevan
The Tahsildar
Anaimalai Post
Anaimalai Taluk
Coimbatore Dist. - 642 104.
2. G.Patteeswaram
S/o. Late Gurusamy Pillai
Residing at No.4, Mariyamman Koil Street, Anaimalai, Anaimalai Taluk, Coimbatore District.
..Contemnors
PRAYER : Contempt Petition filed to punish the respondents herein under Sec.
11 of the Contempt of Courts Act 1976 for his deliberate disobedience of the common order of this Court dated 09.12.2024 passed in W.P.No. 36782 of 2024
and pass orders.
For Petitioner:
Ms.Veena Suresh
for Mr.C.V.Vijayakumar
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For Contemnors:
Mr.B.Pachaiyappan
Additional Government Pleader for R1
Mr.L.Mouli for R2
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ORDER
The petitioner-Temple had initially filed O.P.No.214 of 2024 seeking eviction of tenants on the file of Special Revenue Court, Tiruchirappalli and the same was allowed by order dated 29.01.2014. Thereafter, the Temple was before this Court by filing W.P.No.36782 of 2024, seeking a mandamus to the State officials to evict the tenants, namely the private respondents therein, in pursuant to the order in O.P.No.214 of 2024, and the same was disposed by this order on 09.12.2024.
2. Alleging that the order of this Court in W.P.No.36782 of 2024 has not been complied with, the petitioner-Temple is before this Court in the present contempt petition.
3. It is now brought to the notice of the Court that challenging the order in O.P.No.214 of 2024, the second respondent herein, who is the 7th respondent in W.P.No.36782 of 2024 (one of the tenants), had filed a Civil Miscellaneous Appeal No.13/2025 before the Principal District Court, Coimbatore, and the same was dismissed on 27.08.2026, however, the learned Judge has granted 30 days time to vacate and handover the lands to the Temple.
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4. In view of the orders passed in Civil Miscellaneous Appeal No.13/2025 before the Principal District Court, Coimbatore, the relief sought in the writ petition has reached its logical end. Therefore, the contempt petition is closed. 02-09-2026 Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order Neutral Citation: Yes/No DS To: The Tahsildar Anaimalai Post Anaimalai Taluk Coimbatore Dist. - 642 104.
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