C. SHIVAPPA, J.

The appellant had challenged the order of the learned single Judge, dated 20-6-1994, passed in W.P. No. 10440 of 1994. In the writ petition, the appellant herein challenged the order passed under Section 6 of the Tamil Nadu Encroachment Act, 1905 (herein after referred to as 'the Act'), on the ground that no prior notice was issued under Section 7 of the Act.

2. It is contended in this Appeal that the finding of the learned single Judge that "though the impugned notice purports to be a notice under Section 6 of the Act, in substance, it is really a notice under Section 7 of the Act", is wrong.

3. Before taking proceedings under Section 6, the Collector or Tahsildar, or Deputy Tehsildar, or Revenue Inspector, or any authorised officer or any other officer specified by the State Government in that behalf shall cause to be served on the person reputed to be an unauthorised occupant of a land, a notice specifying the land so occupied and calling on him to show cause why action should not be taken against him under Section 6 of the Act. But, such notice need not be served in the case of any person unauthorisedly occupying the land, if he had previously been evic