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Heard Ms. Elizabeth Ravi, Learned Counsel for the Petitioner and Mr. P.Ganesan, Learned Additional Government Pleader appearing for the First, Second and Fourth to Sixth Respondents, Mr. K.Karthikeyan, Learned Counsel appearing for the Third and Seventh Respondents, Dr. N.Vijayraj, Learned Counsel appearing for the Ninth Respondent, Mr. M.Sudhakar, Learned Counsel appearing for the Tenth Respondent and Mr. L.Jai Venkatesan, Learned Counsel appearing for the Twelfth Respondent and perused the materials placed on record, apart from the pleadings of the parties.

2. The grievance ventilated by the Petitioner is that an unapproved lay-out has been formed in agricultural lands belonging to the Eighth to Eleventh Respondents, which has been illegally regularized by Proceedings in Na. Ka. No. 6925/2018/ThiMa2 dated 14.12.2020 issued by the Second Respondent and Order in Na. Ka. No. Aa1/001/2022 dated 14.02.2022 passed by the Seventh Respondent under the Tamil Nadu Regularization of Unapproved Layouts and Plots Rules, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Rules' for short), and as it prejudicially affects the agricultural operations in the neighbouring lands of the Petitioner, they