JUDGMENT :

Prayer: This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for a writ of certiorarified Mandamus calling for the records of the first respondent, the appellate authority, passed under Section 9 of the Tamil Nadu Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1975 in C.M.A.No.95 of 2012 dated 20.10.2017, in confirming the order of eviction passed by the second respondent dated 21.09.2012 from the premises situate at T.S.No.41 part of Neduvankarai Village, Anna Nagar and quash the same and further direct the second respondent to follow the procedures contemplated under Act I of 1976.

1. The Tamil Nadu Housing Board in late 1960’s developed Naduvakkarai Village, (once a neighbourhood of Chennai city, now part of Chennai and the heart of the Greater Chennai) in the name “Anna Nagar”. The independent residential dwelling units are slowly getting converted into Commercial Complex or multi-storied apartments. This writ petition is in respect of a portion of land earmarked in the layout as lungs space, leased to a private club.

2. “Visveswarai