JUDGMENT

(Prayer in W.A.No.970 of 2017: Appeal filed under Clause 15 of Letters Patent against the order passed in W.P.No.32025 of 2005, dated 18/4/2011.

W.A.No.1738 of 2017: Appeal filed under Clause 15 of Letters Patent to set aside the order, dated 18/4/2011 in W.P.No.32202 of 2005.)

Common Judgment

Subramonium Prasad, J.

1. These appeals are directed against a common order dated 18.04.2011 passed in WP.Nos.970 and 1738 of 2005. The State Government is the appellant. The writ petitions were directed against the notification declaring the subject matter lands as excess vacant land under Section 11(3) of the Tamil Nadu Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1978 (herein after called as Ceiling Act, for short) and also to direct the appellant to restrain them from interfering the peaceful possession of the land in question.

2. The writ petitioners / respondents claimed to have purchased the property from one Tmt.Lakshmiammal, w/o.Govindaraju Reddy by different sale deeds dated 24.03.1983, 31.03.1983, 28.03.1983 and 02.04.1983. The descriptions of lands are not being given in this judgment for the reason that they are not material.

3. Section 6 of the Ceiling Act specifies that no person