The court affirmed the necessity of proper notice and the opportunity to respond before dispossession can occur under the Tamil Nadu Land Encroachment and Urban Local Bodies Acts.

[Order of the Court was made by M. SUNDAR, J.]

This order will now dispose of the captioned main 'Writ Petition'

{hereinafter 'WP' for the sake of brevity, convenience and clarity} and captioned 'Writ Miscellaneous Petition' {hereinafter 'WMP' for the sake of brevity, convenience and clarity} thereat.

2. Proceedings made in the aforesaid captioned main WP and captioned WMP thereat in the listing yesterday (21.07.2025) reads as follows:

'The facts that can be culled out from the case file (as of now) are as follows:

2. We are concerned with 'Survey No.117/2, T.S.No.2, Block 1, Erukancheri Village, Perambalur Taluk, Chennai District' (hereinafter 'said land'

for the sake of convenience and clarity).

3. Learned counsel for writ petitioner submits that he is under pain of dispossession/demolition but has not been served with the 16.05.2025 order adverted to supra.

4. Issue notice.

5. Mr.A.Edwin Prabhakar, learned Government Pleader, Government of Tamil Nadu accepts notice for all respondents and requests for a short accommodation to ascertain if aforereferred 16.05.2025 order of District Collector bearing reference Se.Mu.Aanai No.J9/3043497/2025 has been served on the writ petitioner.

6. In the light of the writ petitioner's assertion that he is under imminent threat of dispossession/demolition, there shall be an interim order of status quo i.e., status quo as of today. Both sides shall maintain status quo which means that neither the writ petitioner shall put up further construction nor there shall be any demolition/dispossession by the State.

7. List on 22.07.2025 in the Admission Board i.e., Motion List under the cause list caption 'NOTICE REGARDING ADMISSION'.'

3. Aforesaid proceedings shall now be read as an integral part and parcel of this order. This means that short forms, abbreviations and short references used in the earlier proceedings shall now continue to be used in the instant order too.

4. Today, Mr.B.Sudhir Kumar, learned counsel on record for writ petitioner, adverting to the tabulation in paragraph No.1 of our earlier order dated 21.07.2025 submits that S.No.7 i.e., '16.05.2025 order of R1' {hereinafter 'Collector's order' for the sake of brevity, convenience and clarity} has since been duly served on the writ petitioner yesterday. Learned counsel requests for a short window period to assail the Collector's order in a manner known to law. This request is acceded to.

5. This Court is acutely conscious that in any proceedings under Section 128 of 'The Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act, 1998 (Act 9 of 1999)' [hereinafter 'the TNULB Act' for the sake of brevity], a noticee will be given 15 days time to respond, and the Commissione