IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 15.09.2022 CORAM :

THE HON'BLE MR.M.DURAISWAMY, ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN W.P.Nos.28401 and 28405 of 2021

1 Sairam

2 Saraswathi

3 Govindammal

4 Devaki

5 Vijayalakshmi

6 Meena 7 Tulasi

8 Narayanammal

9 Gnanambigai 10 Muniyammal

11 Perumal

12 Vasantha

13 Grace

14 Leeladevi

15 Carolin Henry

16 Alamelu

17 Raju

18 Damodharan 19 Gajalakshmi

20 Shanthi

21 Prema

22 Jayalakshmi

23 Sriramulu

24 Devagi

25 Aarokiya Mary 26 Ramachandran

27 Shanthi

28 Durgadevi

29 Karunakaran

30 Vasantha

31 Periyanayagi

32 Naveen Kumar

33 Janakiraman

34 Ramamirtham

35 Dhanambal

36 Rangaraj

37 Neelamegan

38 Maragadammal

39 Murugesan

40 Ramalu

41 Saraswathi

42 Mariyammal

43 Rajesh

44 Vatchala

45 Padmavathy 46 Ponnammal

47 Ethirajulu

48 Lakshmi

49 Kumar

50 Balaji

51 Iyyappan

52 Santhakumari

53 Babu

54 Prema

55 Sasikala

56 Sundararajan 57 Nagarathinam

58 Florence

59 Megavathy

60 Jayalakshmi

61 Mohan

62 Subhashini

63 Parthasarathy

64 Amul

65 Padmavathy

66 Lakshmi

67 Catherin Berlin

68 Balaji

69 Anuradha

70 Banu

71 Poonkothai

72 Muthulaskhmi

73 Vijaya

74 Fathima Mary 75 John Solomon

76 Neela

77 Mathews

78 Dhanasekar

79 Subathra

80 Lakshmi

81 Maragadhammal

82 Lakshmi

83 Devika 84 Shanthi

85 Vijaya

86 Geethabai

87 Swarnalatha

88 Nagarjun

89 Vijaya

90 Anuradha

91 Meghathan

92 Palani

93 Shanthi

94 Manimegala .. Petitioners in W.P.No.28401/2022

1 Suresh

2 Ankamma

3 Ganesan

4 Rajalakshmi

5 Amudha

6 Jone Roslin Hendri 7 Mohana Sundaram

8 Adhiammal

9 Kowsalya

10 B.Govindaraj

11 Rani

12 Darthy Ezhilarasi

13 A.J.Prasad

14 Vengaiyammal

15 Ezhumalai

16 Saratha

17 Nagalakshmi

18 Sumathi

19 Balaji

20 Annakili

21 Balakrishnan

22 Mani

23 Thilagavathi 24 Janagiraman 25 Nagalakshmi

26 Govindan

27 Vijaya Bala

28 Dilli Babu

29 Adilakshmi

30 Devika ... Petitioners in W.P.No.28405/2022 Vs

1 The State of Tamil Nadu, rep. by its Secretary to Government Revenue Department Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.

2 The District Collector Chengalpet District Chengalpet

3 The Thasildar Tambaram Taluk Tambaram, Chengalpet Distirct

4 The Assistant Engineer Overseer of Water Resources Organisation Public Works Department Padapai, Chenglapet District

5 The Corporation Commissioner Tambaram Corporation Muthuramalinga Mudali Street, Tambaram Chengalpet District. .. Respondents in both WPs.

Prayer: W.P.No.28401 of 2021 filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for a writ of certiorarified mandamus calling for the entire records of the second respondent proceedings in R.C.No.3196/2021/B3 dated 13.09.2021 issued to the petitioners and quash the same and further forbear the respondents from proceeding further the process of demolition and eviction and consequently direct them to follow the due process of law in future for the petitioners in respect of their properties situated in Survey No.256/1 Part, Chitlapakkam Village, Tambaram Taluk, Chengalpet District.

W.P.No.28405 of 2021 filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for a writ of certiorarified mandamus calling for the entire records of the second respondent proceedings in R.C.No.3196/2021/B3 dated 13.09.2021 and the consequent proceedings of the fourth respondent namely Letter No.64/Encroachment-Chitlapakkam/2022 dated 25.01.2022 and quash the same and further forbear the respondents from proceeding to demolish the petitioners homes beyond the boundary of the lake in Survey No.256/1 Part, Chitlapakkam Village, Tambaram Taluk, Chengalpet District. [Prayer amended as per the order dated

10.2.2022 made in W.M.P.No.2832 of 2022].

For the Petitioners : Mr.V.Prakash Senior Counsel for Mr.M.Vijay Anand For the Respondents : Mr.P.Muthukumar State Government Pleader for respondent Nos.1 to 4 COMMON ORDER (Order of the Court was made by the Hon'ble Acting Chief Justice)

The applications, being W.M.P.Nos.29991 and 29996 of 2022, filed to permit the petitioners to file a single writ petition are allowed, inasmuch as they have paid separate sets of court-fee.

2. Learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioners seeks permission of the Court to withdraw the writ pe