ORDER

This Writ Petition is filed for a certiorarified mandamus, to call for the records of the order, dated 21.10.2024, passed by the 2nd respondent in Na.Ka.Aa1/1175/2023, quash the same, and consequently direct the respondents to issue patta in respect of the property in Survey No.35/1 to an extent of 0.02.5 Ares and in Survey No.13/2 to an extent of 0.17.5 Ares comprised at A. Thotiyangulam Village, Kariyapatti Taluk, Virudhunagar District, in favour of Arulmigu Sri Kalladiyan Karuppanasamy and Arulmigu Sri Kattal Muniyandi temple in accordance with law within the time stipulated by this Honble Court.

2.The petitioner's family were worshippers of the above two temples for several decades and the lands adjacent to the temples were used for temple purposes only. The subject lands, as per the Government records, were classified as Government lands. The petitioner's father, therefore, approached the respondents for grant of patta. The petitioner, for the purpose of proper maintenance of temples and their properties, created a trust and registered the same on the file of Sub-Registrar, Kariyapatti. On behalf of the temple trust, on 28.12.2022, the petitioner preferred a detailed repr