SATISH K. AGNIHOTRI, J.

This intra-Court appeal is focussed against the order dated 24 September 2014 rendered in W.P. No.9004 of 2013. The writ petitioners, feeling dissatisfied, have preferred the instant appeal.

2. To avoid prolixity, the parties are referred to as per their arraignment in the instant appeal.

3.1 Shorn of the minute details, a vignette of the germane and necessary facts leading to the filing of the instant appeal is that Padianallur Village in Ponneri Taluk, Tiruvallur District, was taken over by the Government under the provisions of the Madras Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1948 (for short “the Act”) in January 1951. A ryotwari settlement was introduced in 1953. During such settlement, the lands in S.No.155/2 and 156, which are the petition scheduled lands, were assessed as “Government Poramboke/Assessed Waste Dry”. In 1954, the Government of Madras sanctioned the transfer of land to the extent of 85.94 acres to Overseas Communication Service, Ministry of Communications, Government of India on 29th March, 1954. Subsequent thereto, in 1986, the Government of India transferred the assets and liabilities of Overseas Communication Ser