JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed Under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents 1 to 3 to maintain land in S.No.83, Pennalur Village, Sriperumbudur Taluk, Kancheepuram District as Mayanam.)

The writ petition is filed to direct the respondents 1 to 3 to maintain land in S.No.83, Pennalur Village, Sriperumbudur Taluk, Kancheepuram District as Mayanam.

2. The petitioner states that he is the resident of Pennalur Village along with his family for several years. In the said Village, S.No.83 belongs to the Government and it is used as Burial Ground for Hindu Religious People. It was classified as “Mayanam” in Village Registers and part of the land in the said Survey number, a balwadi and water tank are constructed. The petitioner states that the said land is being used as Burial ground. The 4th respondent during the year 2004 made an attempt to build a Church in the said Survey Number by encroaching the Pathway leading to the Burial ground. The villagers obstructed the said attempt and submitted representation to the respondents 1 to 3, an enquiry was conducted and report was submitted that Survey No.83 is a Government Poromboke