The Madras High Court has refused to interfere with an order passed by a Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) in Nagapattinam district to demolish a two-storey building since the tenants complained of it sinking in loose soil, thereby posing a threat not only to its occupants but also to the neighbours.
Disposing of a writ appeal, the first Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy upheld Justice M. Dhandapani’s June 19, 2023, order dismissing a writ petition filed by the property owner, Naji Bunisha Jaburi Mohamed, in 2018 challenging the RDO’s order.
“A government engineer’s report suggests that the building is not repairable and should be demolished since it is unfit for habitation. The learned single judge has passed orders after considering the report of the experts. In view of that, we do not find any infirmity in the order of the learned single judge,” the Bench wrote.
