Jaswantchand Bhandari v. Deputy Director Of Income Tax (Inv), Unit-4(3), New

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 08.07.2025 Coram THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE KRISHNAN RAMASAMY W.P.No.6601 of 2023and W.M.P.No.6670 of 2023 Jaswantchand Bhandari,No.6, Ritherdon Road, Veppery, Chennai - 600 007. ...Petitioner Vs. 1.Deputy Director of Income Tax (Inv), Unit-4(3), New No.46, Old No.108, Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai - 600 034. 2.Principal Director of Income Tax (Inv), New No.46, Old No.108, Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai - 600 034. 3.Additional Director of Income Tax (Inv), Unit-4(3), New No.46, Old No.108, Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai - 600 034. ...Respondents Prayer : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1/4 W.P.No.6601 of 2023 praying for the issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records on the file of the respondents and quash the impugned order in F.No.DDIT/U-4(3)/JB/2022-23 dated 10.01.2023 passed by the 1[st ]respondent as illegal and not in accordance with law and consequently direct the 1[st] respondent to return the original title deeds which was impounded during the search dated 02.08.2022. For Petitioner: Ms.A.Sharren for Mr.R.Sivaraman for Mr.R.Sivaraman For Respondents: Mr.A.N.R.Jayaprathap Junior Standing Counsel Junior Standing Counsel O R D E R This Writ Petition has been filed by the petitioner to quash the impugned order dated 10.01.2023 and consequently direct the 1st respondent to return the original title deeds which was impounded during the search dated 02.08.2022. 2.Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that subsequent to the filing of the writ petition, the 1[st] respondent returned all the documents which were seized during the course of search dated 02.08.2022 and hence, the prayer in this Writ Petition has become infructuous. 3.In view of the submission made by the learned counsel for the 2/4 petitioner, this Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. Consequently, connected Miscellaneous Petition is closed. 08.07.2025 Speaking order / Non-Speaking orderIndex: Yes / NoNeutral Citation: Yes / No sri To 1.Deputy Director of Income Tax (Inv), Unit-4(3), New No.46, Old No.108, Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai - 600 034. 2.Principal Director of Income Tax (Inv), New No.46, Old No.108, Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai - 600 034. 3.Additional Director of Income Tax (Inv), Unit-4(3), New No.46, Old No.108, Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai - 600 034. 3/4 4/4 KRISHNAN RAMASAMY, J., sri W.P.No.6601 of 2023andW.M.P.No.6670 of 2023 08.07.2025