Judges: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE G.K. ILANTHIRAIYAN
Parties : Lieutenant Colonel S. Ganesan(Retd) Versus The Director General of Police (Law and Order), Chennai & Others
Appearing Advocates : For the Petitioners: Lieutenant Colonel Ganesan, Party-in-person. For the Respondents: R1 to R7, R. Ganesh Kumar, Counsel for Government of Tamil Nadu (Criminal Side), R10, T. Mohan, Senior Counsel, R8, R. Parthasarathy, S.N. Subramani, R9, P. Vijendran, M. Shreedhar, P. Ashwin Kumar, Advocates.
Date of Judgment : 05-08-2026
Head Note :-
Constitution of India - Article 226 -
Judgment :-
(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the Respondents to intiate a through and impartial investigation on the allegations levelled in the complaint dated 21.04.2025 submitted by petitioner and to take punitive action against the erring Police/other officials while the perpetrators of such serious offences are prosecuted by a special team/agency as formed by this Court.)
1. This writ petition has been filed for direction directing the respondents to initiate impartial investigation on the complaint lodged by the petitioner dated 21.04.2025 by taking action against the erred police and other officials by a special investigation agency.
2. The petitioner is a 75% disabled Indian Army Veteran who served the nation for 23 years. The petitioner was awarded several medals during his service in the Indian Army. The petitioner had voluntarily retired from the Army in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and is now practicing as an Advocate. He is associated with the eighth respondent and runs the office. While being so, the eighth respondent committed several illegalities with the intention of grabbing lands belonging to the general public. The allegations are as follows :-
(a) The eighth respondent illegally obtained Patta Nos. 2267 and 2268 in the name of his wife, K. Anitha, using a General Power of Attorney executed by only two of several legal heirs of an ancestral property, allegedly in collusion with revenue officials. The property is presently valued at around Rs.30 crore.
(b) Based on these alleged illegal Pattas, the property was purportedly sold to M/s.ENRGE Frontier Pvt. Ltd., stated to be a shell company of M/s.G Square Realtors Pvt. Ltd. However, the Sub-Registrar, Thirupporur, refused to register the sale deeds and kept them pending as P/385 and P/386 of 2024 (dated 28.09.2024). Despite the sale not being registered, M/s.ENRGE Frontier Pvt. Ltd., allegedly paid a sum of Rs.15 crore to the GPA holder, and the money was subsequently transferred to M/s.G Square Realtors Pvt. Ltd., raising concerns about possible money laundering.
(c) M/s.ENRGE Frontier Pvt. Ltd., allegedly executed mortgage deeds in favour of M/s.Hinduja NBFC and obtained a loan of Rs.30 crore on the same day. These mortgage deeds were also not registered and remain pending as P/387 and P/388 of 2024 before the Sub-Registrar, Thirupporur. The loan amount was allegedly transferred to M/s.G Square Realtors Pvt. Ltd.
(d) Further alleged that the eighth respondent and his wife K. Anitha with the assistance of one Advocate Devadarshini, who worked earlier with the petitioner, prepared legal opinions in the name of the District Government Pleader, Chengalpattu, dated 03.10.2024, 07.10.2024, 17.10.2024, and 18.10.2024, and obtained the Government Pleader's signature before submitting them to the District Registrar. Despite this, the District Registrar refused to register the disputed sale deeds and mortgage documents.
(e) The same M/s.ENRGE Frontier Pvt. Ltd., was allegedly used by M/s.G Square Realtors Pvt. Ltd., in collusion with M/s.CFM Assets Reconstruction Pvt. Ltd., to acquire the property of Suganthi Educational Trust at a substantially undervalued price. Further M/s. G Square intentionally delayed complying with an earlier sale agreement so that the property could be auctioned, and that all three auction bids were stagemanaged by M/s.G Square Realtors Pvt. Ltd.
(f) Further the eighth respondent, along with one Advocate Devadarshini, allegedly interfered with a police investigation in Coimbatore by preparing a questionnaire that was used by the Investigating Officer without modification and later drafting the closure report from the petitioner’s office. He also allegedly misused the petitioner’s WhatsApp account on the petitioner’s office computer to transfer fabricated documents to his mobile phone.
(g) Further several other serious irregularities were committed by M/s.G Square Realtors Pvt. Ltd., its group of shell companies, the eighth respondent and K. Anitha. Media reports regarding alleged large-scale scams involving M/s.G Square Realtors were published in the following link but the same were later removed. These reports may warrant further investigation.
Though the petitioner appeared on behalf of the eighth respondent as a counsel, later he came to know about the illegality committed by the eighth respondent and lodged a complaint. However, no enquiry was conducted so far. Hence the petitioner filed this present Writ Petition.
3. Heard the learned counsel appearing on either side and perused the materials placed before this Court.
4. On perusal of the counter filed by the fifth respondent, it is revealed that, on receipt of the complaint from the petitioner dated 21.04.2025, the same was assigned C.No.196/DC-CCB-TCP/Gen1/2025. For the very same set of allegations, two FIRs have already been registered in Cr.Nos.9 of 2021 and 22 of 2023 against the eighth respondent and others on the file of the Inspector of Police, Central Crime Branch, Tambaram City Police, Team-4, Chennai.
5. Insofar as Crime No.9 of 2021 is concerned, based on the complaint from one Bhimaraj, a case in District Crime Branch, Chengalpattu in Crime No.9 of 2021 under Sections 465, 467, 468, 471, and 474 of IPC was registered on 07.10.2021 against the eight respondent alleging that he executed various forged and fraudulent sale deeds in favour of purchasers in respect of the complainant Bhimaraj's property in Survey No.223/2 situated at Padur Village. Subsequently, the same was transferred to the Central Crime Branch, Tambaram City Police, for further investigation. After completion of the investigation, the case was referred as "Further Action Dropped", and a Referred Charge Sheet was filed before the learned Judicial Magistrate No.II, Chengalpattu, on 09.03.2023. In turn, the same was challenged by the complainant by filing a Protest Petition in Crl.M.P. No.1361 of 2024. The said petition was allowed on 25.04.2024, and the case was restored to the file of the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Central Crime Branch, Tambaram City Police, for further investigation.
6. In respect of Crime No.22 of 2023, based on the complaint from one Kandasamy and Mohan, the Central Crime Branch, Tambaram City Police, registered a case in Cr.No.22 of 2023 under Sections 465, 406, and 420 of IPC on 23.09.2023 against the accused, A1 Mohan Ranganathan, A2 Anitha, A3 Chandrasekar, A4 Maharuneesha, and A5 Hassain, alleging that they were involved in fraudulent registrations by forging documents in respect of Survey Nos.217 and 219 situated at Padur Village, which belong to the complainants, Kandasamy and Mohan. After completion of the investigation, the case was referred as "Further Action Dropped", and a Referred Charge Sheet was filed before the learned Judicial Magistrate No.II, Chengalpattu, on 24.12.2023. In turn, the same was challenged by the complainants by filing a Protest Petition in Crl.M.P. No.1724 of 2024. The said petition was allowed on 03.06.2024, and the case was restored to the file of the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Central Crime Branch, Tambaram City Police, for further investigation.
7. In the meantime, the complainants in both the FIRs in Crime Nos. 9 of 2021 and 22 of 2023 filed Writ Petitions in W.P.Nos.5517 of 2024 & 2187 of 2025 and this Court by an order dated 18.03.2025, transferred both the FIRs to the file of the CBCID, Chennai, for further investigation, and the entire case diary files were handed over to the CBCID, Chennai.
8. It is also seen that the complaint lodged by the petitioner dated 21.04.2025, was enquired and the same was closed on 21.06.2025. On perusal of the closure report dated 21.06.2025, it is revealed that it was closed on the ground that the petitioner failed to appear for enquiry even after issuance of several summons. Further, the similar complaints registered in Crime Nos.9 of 2021 & 22 of 2023 were already transferred to the file of the CBCID, Chennai, for further investigation.
9. In view of the above facts and circumstances, and having regard to the serious allegations levelled against the proposed accused persons, the entire case diary in C.No.196/DC/CCB-TBM/Genl/2025 and C.No.48/DC-CCB-TCP/CM Cell/2025 is transferred to the file of the CBCID, Chennai, for a proper and fair investigation. The fourth respondent is directed to appoint an Investigating Officer not below the rank of an IPS Officer in the CBCID to conduct the investigation into the complaint lodged by the petitioner. During the investigation, the Investigating Officer, CBCID, is directed to issue notice to the petitioner and the proposed accused persons, viz., respondents 8 to 10, and complete the enquiry within a period of twelve weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. It is also made clear that, if any cognizable offence is made out against the proposed accused, the Investigating Officer, CBCID, shall register an FIR and proceed further in accordance with law.
10. With the above directions, the Writ Petition stands disposed off. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed. There shall be no order as to costs.
