JUDGMENT

(Prayer: This Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records pertaining to the order of the second respondent, the District Revenue Officer, Karur District his Na.Ka.No.C3/16829/2011 dated 25.10.2012 quash the same as illegal and contrary to law and consequence there of direct the respondents to issue patta in the name of the petitioner for the lands in S.Nos.50,54,59,205,206, 209 and 591 in Pavithram Village and S.Nos.201 and 93 in Karudayampalayam of Aravakurichy Taluk, Karur District.)

1. The present writ petition has been filed challenging an order passed by the second respondent herein under which the request of the petitioner for granting Patta for certain survey numbers has been rejected.

2. According to the petitioner, he is the hereditary Poosari of Maruthai Kaliamman Temple in Pavathiram Village, Aravakurichi Taluk, Karur District. The lands in dispute are covered under the Tamil Nadu Minor Inam Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari Act, 1963 (Act 30 of 1963). When the Act came into force, according to the petitioner, Patta was issued in the name of his great grandfather Maruthai An