JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records pertaining to the impugned order in Na.Ka.No.6895/2017/J1, dated 08.06.2018 on the file of the respondent No.2 and quash the same as illegal and consequently forbearing the respondent Nos.2 to 10 from disturbing the peaceful possession of the petitioner in Survey No.132/4, 132/5, 132/6, 132/7, 132/8, 132/9 in Pannamuppanpatti Village, Usilampatti Taluk, Madurai District without following the due process of law within the time frame stipulated by this Court.)

1. The case of the petitioners is that the lands in Survey Nos.132/4, 132/5, 132/6, 132/7, 132/8, 132/9 in Pannamuppanpatti Village, Usilampatti Taluk, Madurai District have been in possession of the petitioners and their ancestors since 1942. The lands have been used for agricultural purpose and have been cultivated by the petitioners for many decades. The Government has brought about a scheme for distribution of lands for the landless agricultural labourers and the lands have been assigned to several landless poor to an extent of half an acre minimum and two acr