JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents 1 to 5 to remove the encroachments made by the respondents 6 to 8 in T.S.Nos. 33 in Ward-D Block No.21 and TS No.1 in Ward-D, Block No.27, Kodaikanal, in the light of the proceedings bearing Na.Ka.No. 1638/2018/Aa1 dated 03.09.2019 on the file of the 4th respondent based on the petitioner''s representation given to the respondents 1 to 3 and 5 dated 30.11.2019.)

S.S. Sundar, J.

1. M/s.Hotel Mayfield (P) Ltd., Madurai, has filed W.P(MD)No. 186 of 2020 for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents 1 to 5 to remove the encroachments made by the respondents 6 to 8 in T.S.No.33 in Ward-D, Block No.21 and T.S.No.1 in Ward-D, Block No.27, Kodaikanal, in the light of the proceedings bearing Na.Ka.No.1638/2018/Aa1 dated 03.09.2019 on the file of the 4th respondent based on the petitioner''s representation given to the respondents 1 to 3 and 5 dated 30.11.2019.

2. It is the case of the petitioner that the lands comprised in T.S.No.1 in Ward-D, Block No.27, Kodaikanal, belong to the Kodaikanal Municipality and the lands in T.S.No.33 in Ward-D, Blo