K. RAVICHANDRABAABU, J.

1. The appellants are the respondents in Writ Petition No. 17445 of 2004 and they are aggrieved by the order passed by the learned single Judge in allowing the above Writ Petition, which was filed challenging the proceedings under the Tamil Nadu Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act).

2. Heard the learned Additional Government Pleader appearing for the appellants and the learned counsel appearing for the respondent and perused the materials placed before this Court and also the relevant original files produced by the appellants.

3. The respondent herein is the writ petitioner. It is a registered minority Trust, registered under the Societies Registration Act. The object of the Trust is to promote and develop education in the field of Engineering. They purchased the subject matter lands and established certain educational institutions therein. It is their claim that the lands so purchased by them are agricultural lands and they are not coming under the purview of the Act. However, they came to know from the Revenue officials that the subject matter lands had been proceeded under the Act by initiating proceedings