(K.K. SASIDHARAN, J.)

The substantial issue involved in all these writ petitions and connected writ appeal pertains to the decision taken by the Government of Tamil Nadu to allot an extent of 70 acres of land and the consequential entry permission given to the municipalities of Ambattur, Maduravoyal, Thiruverkadu, Valasaravakkam and Poonamallee and Porur Town Panchayat to establish their Solid Waste Management Plant in Kuthambakkam Village in the District of Thiruvallur.

2. The writ petitions in W.P.Nos.15525 and 15526 of 2009 and Writ Appeal No.1100 of 2009 are at the instance of Kuthambakkam Panchayat and Writ Petition Nos.10641 to 10643 of 2009 were preferred by a local resident of Kuthambakkam Panchayat.

3. Since the issue involved in all these matters are basically the same and the main grievance was on account of allotment of land in the possession of the panchayat for the purpose of establishment of Solid Waste Management station for other local bodies, the factual matrix as found in W.P.No.15525 of 2009 is taken to narrate the background facts.

W.P.NO.15525 OF 2009

THE FACTS - THE CASE OF THE PETITIONER:

4. The petitioner is the President of Kuthambakkam Panchay