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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.KUMARESH BABU
P.C. Selvaraj – Appellant
Versus
Commissioner of Tiruchirapalli, Municipal Corporation, Tiruchirapalli – Respondent
ORDER :
(K. KUMARESH BABU, J.)
The Writ Petition had been filed challenging the order of rejection passed by the second respondent, rejecting the claim of petitioner to construct Kalyanamandabam in the place earmarked for the public purpose.
2.Heard Mr.A.Saravana Kumar, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, Mr.K.R.Kishore Ram, learned counsel appearing for RR1 and 2 and Mr.J.K.Jeyaseelan, learned Government Advocate appearing for the third respondent.
3.The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that a larger extent of land originally belonging to his grandfather which was inherited by him and in which he had been benefited with a layout approval. In the said layout approval an extent of 24,562 Sq.ft was earmarked for public purposes and land measuring 4,500 Sq.ft had been earmarked for shopping facilities. The land earmarked for public purposes was fenced to restrict any unauthorised entry and was in his custody and possession. He had also gifted an extent of 96,387 Sq.ft in favour of the Corporation/ first respondent in which the roads had been laid in the approved layout. When that be so, the petitioner had made an application for construction of a Kalyanamandapam i
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