JUDGMENT :

D. BHARATHA CHAKRAVARTHY, J.

Prayer: Writ Appeals filed under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent to set aside the impugned order dated 21.04.2023 in W.P. No. 7775 of 2023.

(A) The Petitions:

1. These Writ Appeals arise out of the Order of the learned Single Judge dated 21.04.2023 in W.P. No. 7775 of 2003 and as such are taken up together and disposed of by this Common Order.

2. In the Writ Petition, the Executive Officer, Arulmighu Kallazhagar Devasthanam, Azhagarkoil, Madurai (hereinafter ‘the temple’), is the writ petitioner. The order of the District Collector, Madurai dated 16.10.2022 bearing reference in R.O.C.J. 2/91317/2001 was challenged in the Writ Petition. By the said impugned order, the District Collector set aside the order of the Revenue Divisional Officer, Madurai (hereinafter ‘the RDO’) dated 15.06.2001, holding that the very entertainment of the petition for resumption of property mentioned therein is without jurisdiction.

2.1. The RDO had passed an order dated 15.06.2001 in the application filed by the Executive Officer of the temple, under Section 21 (7) (b) of the Tamil Nadu Minor Inam (Abolition and conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1963 (Act 30 of 1963), read w