Authority: High Court of Judicature at Madras

Order Date: 05.08.2026

Case Overview

  • Petition filed under Article 226 by Lieutenant Colonel Ganesan (Retd), a 75 % disabled former Indian Army officer now practising as an advocate, seeking a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to initiate an impartial investigation into serious allegations lodged on 21.04.2025.
  • Respondents include senior police officials (Director General of Police – Law & Order, Director General of Police – Vigilance & Anticorruption, Commissioner of Police – Greater Chennai, Commissioner of Police – Tambaram, IG Registration, District Registrar) and individuals such as Advocate R. Mohan Ranganathan (respondent 8), Y. Muthukumar (respondent 9) and S. Devadharshani (respondent 10).
  • Allegations (a‑g) centre on respondent 8 and his wife K. Anitha allegedly obtaining illegal patta deeds (Nos. 2267 & 2268) valued at ~Rs 30 crore, using a General Power of Attorney executed by only two heirs, and subsequently selling the property to M/s ENRGE Frontier Pvt. Ltd. (a shell of M/s G Square Realtors Pvt. Ltd.). The sale deeds (P/385 & P/386 of 2024) remain unregistered; Rs 15 crore was paid to the GPA holder and transferred to G Square Realtors, raising money‑laundering concerns.
  • M/s ENRGE Frontier also executed unregistered mortgage deeds (P/387 & P/388 of 2024) in favour of M/s Hinduja NBFC, obtaining a Rs 30 crore loan that was transferred to G Square Realtors.
  • Respondent 8, with Advocate Devadarshini, allegedly prepared forged legal opinions in the name of the District Government Pleader and obtained the pleader’s signature to submit to the District Registrar, who nonetheless refused registration of the disputed documents.
  • Additional allegations include collusion with M/s CFM Assets Reconstruction Pvt. Ltd. to acquire Suganthi Educational Trust’s property at a heavily undervalued price, staging auction bids, and interfering with a police investigation in Coimbatore by drafting questionnaires and a closure report, as well as misusing the petitioner’s WhatsApp account to transmit fabricated documents.
  • Media reports linking the scandal to a high‑profile cricket personality were later removed, indicating possible suppression of information.
  • Prior criminal investigations: FIR No. 9/2021 (registered 07.10.2021 under IPC §§ 465, 467, 468, 471, 474) and FIR No. 22/2023 (registered 23.09.2023 under IPC §§ 465, 406, 420) were filed against the eighth respondent and others. Both cases were transferred to the Central Crime Branch, Tambaram City Police, later marked “Further Action Dropped”, charge sheets filed (09.03.2023 and 24.12.2023 respectively), and subsequently restored after protest petitions were allowed (25.04.2024 and 03.06.2024). The High Court, on 18.03.2025, ordered both FIRs to be transferred to the Crime Branch CID (CBCID), Chennai.
  • The petitioner’s own complaint (dated 21.04.2025, assigned C.No.196/DC‑CCB‑TCP/Gen1/2025) was closed on 21.06.2025 on the ground of non‑appearance despite summons.

Final Outcome

  • The Court transfers the entire case diary (C.No.196/DC‑CCB‑TBM/Genl/2025 and C.No.48/DC‑CCB‑TCP/CM Cell/2025) to the CBCID, Chennai.
  • The Additional Director General of Police, CBCID, Egmore, Chennai, is directed to appoint an Investigating Officer not below the rank of an IPS officer to conduct a fair investigation.
  • The Investigating Officer must issue notices to the petitioner and the accused respondents 8‑10 and complete the enquiry within twelve weeks of receipt of the order.
  • If any cognizable offence is established, the Investigating Officer shall register a fresh FIR and proceed in accordance with law.
  • The writ petition is disposed of; all connected miscellaneous petitions are closed. No order as to costs.

Topics: Court Proceedings, Real Estate Fraud