JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Appeal has been filed under Clause 15 of Letters Patent to set aside the order, dated 27.06.2023 made in W.P.(MD)No.1770 of 2022 on the file of this Court.)

D. BHARATHA CHAKRAVARTHY, J.

1.This Writ appeal is directed against the order of the learned Single Judge of this Court dated 27.6.2023 made in W.P.(MD )No.1770 of 2022. In the said writ petition, the appellant had challenged the order dated 12.11.2021, whereby the second respondent granted technical approval to regularize the unapproved layout called “IBN BATTUTA CITY” formed by the respondents 5 and 6.

2. The case of the writ petitioner is that a total extent of 50 cents of lands comprised in S.Nos. 376/1B, 376/2 and 376/4B of Soolamangalam 2 - Sethi Revenue Village, Ayyampettai Town Panchayat, Thanjavur District belongs to the appellant and not to the respondent 5 and 6. Therefore, when regularization is sought by including the appellant’s land, the same ought not to have been granted by the respondents.

3. The Writ petition is resisted by the respondents by filing separate counter affidavits. It is the case of the official respondents that the technical approval was granted upon due scrutiny of the applica