(PRAYER: Writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for the issue of a writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the records of the impugned order of the first respondent in Ref.36184/Nimu3.2/ 99-5 Revenue (Ni.Mu 3.2) Department, dated 3.5.2000, quash the same and direct the respondents herein to grant patta with reference to the land in old S.No.4359 new S.No.334/2, Thovalai Taluk, Thovalai Village, Kanyakumari District to an extent of 1 acre 65 cents.)

The petitioner seeks for a Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records of the impugned order of the first respondent dated 3.5.2000, to quash the same and to direct the respondents to grant patta with reference to the land in old S.No.4359 new S.No.334/2, Thovalai Village, Kanyakumari District.

2. The petitioner claims to be a landless Ex-serviceman and after rendering 15 years of regular Air force service, he was discharged from duties. He was allotted 1.65 acres of land and the nature of the land allotted to him was Kuthagai Pattam. Since then, he was paying tax regularly. Subsequently, Kuthagai Pattam was converted into B-Memo. Since 1968, he was enjoying the land and he belongs to a poor