1. This judgment shall dispose of the following two writ petitions, viz.,

Sl. No.

Case No.

Name of the Petitioner

1

W.P.No.12613 of 2001

1. N.Adikesavan

2. Chinnayan

3. Jayaraman

4. Mangaliammal

5. Paneerselvam

6. Doss

7. Muthian

8. Muthulakshmi

9. Kannan

10. Parvathiammal

11. Ravi

12. Rukmani

13. Gowri

14. Mohan

15. Valmurthy

16. Dilipkumar

17. Neelakandan

18. Logammal

19. Sakunthala

20. Ravayammal

21. Santhanammal

22. Saraswathi

23. Omprakash

24. Sundararaj

25. Sivaraj

26. Kalaivani

27. Murugesh

28. Lingaganapathy

1. Thirunavukkarasu

2. Killiammal

3. Madurai Muthu

4. Karunakaran

5. Mahalingam

6. Ramadoss

as the common question of law and facts are raised in these two writ petitions. For the sake of brevity, facts are being taken from W.P.No.12613 of 2001.

2. The petitioners have invoked the extra-ordinary supervisory jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, with the prayer for issuance of writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the order dated 14.05.2001, passed by the Commissioner of Land Administration, Chepauk, Chennai - 600 005.

3. The facts pleaded in support of the petition by B.Balakrishnan, S/o. R.D.Baskar, the Power of Attorney A