ORDER :

(J. SATHYA NARAYANA PRASAD, J.)

The petitioner has filed this petition seeking direction to the respondents to declare the reservation made in respect of the petitioner's land in T.S.No.18, 16 and 12, Block 2, Ward E, Tirupur south taluk, Tirupur district forming part of the Tirupur Detailed Development Plan No.18 of the year 2012 to have lapsed in light of Section 38 of the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971 (TN ACT 35 of 1974).

2. The case of the petitioner is that the petitioners owns property in T.S.No.18, 16 and 12, Block 2, Ward E, Tirupur south taluk, Tirupur district. The grievance of the petitioners is that, when the Tirupur Detailed Development Plan No.18 was prepared in 1991, the town planning authorities earmarked a portion of the petitioners' lands comprised in T.S.No.18, 16 and 12, Block 2, Ward E, Tirupur south taluk, Tirupur district for formation of scheme road. Subsequently, the Detailed Development Plan was approved by the first respondent under Section 29 of the Act in the year 2012. But so far the Government has not taken any initiative to acquire the petitioners' lands. Therefore, the petitioners approached the third respondent for release of