The central legal point established in the judgment is the need for expeditious disposal of revision applications under Section 80-A of the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971, and the restraint on coercive steps against the petitioner pending such disposal.

JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, forbearing the 3rd Respondent its Officers, employees or anybody claiming under or through it from proceeding further in pursuance of the impugned notice in Letter No.13/0003/2021, dated 29.07.2022 and seeking the petitioner''s building should not be demolished or removed or interfered until the disposal of petitioner''s special revision application filed under Section 80(A) of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1971 before the 1st Respondent.)

V.M. Velumani, J.

1. The petitioner has come out with the present Writ Petition forbearing the 3rd respondent, its officers, employees or anybody claiming under or through it from proceeding further in pursuance of the impugned notice in Letter No.13/0003/2021, dated 29.07.2022 and seeking his building should not be demolished or removed or interfered until the disposal of his special revision application filed under Section 80-A of the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971 before the 1st respondent.

2. By consent of the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, Mr.A.Selvendran, learned Special Government Pleader, who takes notice for the 1st respondent and Mr.D.B.R.Prabhu, learned Standing Counsel, who takes notice for respondents 2 & 3, this Writ Petition is taken up for final disposal at the admission stage itself.

3. According to petitioner, his mother P.Lakshmi is the owner of the property bearing Plot No.55, VGP Selva Nagar measuring to an extent of 2800 sq.ft comprised in Survey No.317/1A1 part as per patta old Survey No.317/1A1A1A1A part, T.S.No.44/0, Block No.195, situated at No.137, Velacherry Village, Saidapet Taluk, Chennai District and thereafter she settled the said property in favour of the petitioner. The petitioner applied for building approval and his plan was approved vide Plan No.DN-179/009/2022. While so, the 3rd respondent issued Lock and Seal and Demolition notice dated 29.07.2022, vide letter No.13/0003/2021, directing to restore the building in compliance with the approved plan within 30 days, failing which action will be taken under Sub section (4) of Section 57 of the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971, as amended by Act 61 of 2008, to lock and seal the premises and to demolish the building. In such circumstances, the petitioner filed Revision Petition dated 23.08.2022, under Section 80-A of the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971, before the 1st respondent for regularisation of the deviation. Thereafter, the 1st respondent called upon the petitioner to appear before the office of the 3rd respondent on 01.02.2023 along with connected documents and the petitioner submitted all the documents before the 2nd respondent. Without conducting any inspection, the 3rd respondent issued notice dated 12.05.2022, under Section 57 of the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971 and the said notice was not served on the petitioner. Since, no order has been passed on the said revision petition, the petitioner has come out with the present Writ Petition.

4. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that there are no deviations from the approved plan as pointed out by the 3rd respondent and the construction put up by the petitioner is as per the building plan approval. The respondents without inspecting the property in front of the petitioner and also without conducting any enquiry, arbitrarily issued lock and seal and demolition notice to the petitioner and prayed for allowing the Writ Petition.

5. Mr.A.Selvendran, learned Special Government Pleader appearing for the 1st respondent submitted that the petitioner has constructed the building without obtaining any permission and building is unauthorised construction. In view of the same, notice was issued to lock and seal and demolish the building. The petitioner''s revision dated 23.08.2022, filed under Section 80-A of the Tamil Nadu Town and Coun