N.Kannadasan, J: The above writ appeals are filed as against the common order dated 31.1.2003 in Writ Petition Nos.382 to 394 of 2001, wherein the learned Judge has allowed the writ petitions.

2. The facts leading to the filing of the writ petitions are set out hereunder:

The writ petitioners and their ancestors were in occupation of small pieces of land in Kadathur Village, Pappi Reddi Patti Taluk, Dharmapuri District for more than 40 years and the said lands are classified as ‘Natham’ lands or otherwise called as ‘Grama Natham’ lands. The petitioners have submitted necessary applications for issuance of pattas and the Tahsildar, Natham Scheme, Harur Taluk, conducted an enquiry and recommended the names of the petitioners for the grant of patta. The then District Collector, Dharmapuri District has passed an order granting pattas as early as in the year 1992 and necessary entries were also carried out in the revenue records. However, subsequently, the authorities intended to evict the petitioners on the ground that the land in question is required for the use of the fourth respondent-Town Panchayat. A claim is made by the fourth respondent-Town Panchayat that the land belongs to the

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