JUDGMENT :

R.N. MANJULA, J.

Prayer: Writ Appeal is filed under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent to set aside the order of the Single Judge dated 24.07.2017 passed in W.P. No. 28873 of 2013.

1. This intra Court Appeal has been filed against the order of the learned Single Judge dated 24.07.2017 passed in W.P. No. 28873 of 2013.

2. The appellants are the unsuccessful Writ Petitioners who have filed the Writ Petition for declaring that the proceedings initiated by the 2nd respondent vide R.C.D. No. 2026/84 dated 30.03.1988 got abated under Section 4 of the Repeal Act (Tamil Nadu Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act), due to the failure of the Government to take the physical possession of the subject lands.

3. The short facts which led to filing of this Writ Appeal by the appellants is that the subject land measuring an extent of 1 acre 38 cents in S. No. 258/2 is situated at Thiruneermalai Village, Tambaram Taluk, Chengalpet District. It originally belonged to one N. Sivaraman S/o V. Naganatha Iyer. The said Sivaraman sold the said land to the appellants/writ petitioners in the year 1984 through a registered Sale Deed. A notification under Section 4(1) of the Tamil Nadu Urban Land