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(d) Therefore, the petitioner and the other heirs of the deceased Vadivel filed a civil suit in O.S.No.5555 of 1999 before the 18th Assistant Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai for a declaration that the plaintiffs are the heirs of the deceased Vadivel and also for a consequential direction that the plaintiffs (legal heirs of the deceased Vadivel) are entitled to get the terminal benefits arising out of the death of Vadivel. Pending the suit suit, the alleged wife of the deceased Vadivel, namely Lakshmi, the Village Administrative Officer, Mettukosalai Village, Tiruvannamalai, Secretary of the Local Administration Department, Chennai, Paramasivam and the Executive Officer of Thiruvannamalai Panchayat Union, were impleaded as parties to the said suit. All the parties have filed their pleadings and contested the case for trial and let in oral and documentary evidence. After the contested trial, the learned 18th Assistant Judge, City Civil Court, granted a decree as prayed for on 4.4.2005 and declared the plaintiffs (one of the sons, Sampath--writ petitioner herein, Boopathy--wife of the deceased Vadivel, Saravanan--another son of the deceased Vadivel and Vasanthi--the daughter of the deceased Vadivel) as the heirs of the deceased Vadivel and also held that the plaintiffs are entitled to get the terminal benefits on the death of Vadivel.

12. Finding that there was no effective remedy, the petitioner's mother moved this Court earlier in W.P.No.1188 of 1996. It is seen from the records of this Court that the said W.P. was dismissed for default on 26.4.2002, though it is stated in the affidavit filed in support of the Writ Petition that this Court in the said W.P.No.1188 of 1996 directed the respondents therein to dispose of the representation and pass orders. It is seen that the Tahsildar, Tiruvananamalai, passed an order on 22.5.1996, directing the petitioner to get orders from the competent Civil Court by obtaining a Succession Certificate. This has forced the petitioner to move the Civil Court in O.S.No.5555 of 1999 on the file of the 18th Assistant City Civil Court, Chennai, for a declaration that the plaintiffs (including the petitioner herein) are the heirs of the deceased Vadivel and for consequential direction that the plaintiffs are entitled for terminal benefits accrued on account of the deceased Vadivel. Pending the said suit, the alleged wife of the deceased Vadivel, namely Laxmi, the Village Administrative Officer, Mettukosalai Village, Tiruvannamalai, Secretary of the Local Administration Department, Chennai, Paramasivam and the Executive Officer of Thiruvannamalai Panchayat Union, were impleaded as parties to the said suit. All the parties have filed their pleadings before the trial Court and contested the suit for trial and let in oral and documentary evidence. After the contested trial, the learned 18th Assistant Judge, City Civil Court, granted a decree as prayed for on 4.4.2005 and declared the plaintiffs (one of the sons, Sampath--writ petitioner herein, Boopathy--wife of the deceased Vadivel, Saravanan--another son of the deceased Vadivel and Vasanthi--the daughter of the deceased Vadivel) as the heirs of the deceased Vadivel and also held that the plaintiffs are entitled to get the terminal benefits on the death of Vadivel.

1. The District Collector, Thiruvannamalai District, Thiruvannamalai.

2. The Commissioner, Thiruvannamalai Panchayat Union, Thiruvannamalai