M. Venugopal & S. Vaidyanathan, JJ.

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking to call for the records related to the Government Order Nos. (i) G.O.(Ms) No. 25, Revenue [LD4(1)] Department dated.18.01.2013 and (ii) G.O.(Ms) No. 194, Revenue [LD4(1)] Department dated.09.06.2014 by the 1st Respondent transferring 2.83.50 Hectors of land in S.No.707/2 to the 5th Respondent and 12.72.00 Hectors of land in S.No.707/3 to the 6th Respondent respectively and to quash the same and consequently to direct the 3rd Respondent to restore, protect and preserve the entire extents of “Back Water (Kazhuveli) lands” lying along the sides of Buckingham Canal in the Revenue District of Kancheepuram.)

“Varappu Uyara Neer Uyarum

Neer Uyara Kadhir Uyarum

Kadhir Uyara Kudi Uyarum

Kudi Uyara Kol Uyarum

Koal Uyara Koan Uyarvan.”

- By Avvaiyar, a Tamil Female Poet

Roughly, it could be translated as:

“Raising ridges raise water;

Raising water raise crops;

Raising crops raise the subjects;

Raising subjects raise the king.”

The above Poem has been wrongly understood by our Rulers in our Tamil Nadu, as, for the last five decades, they concentrate only on production of artifi