BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

DATED : 07.01.2026

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.SURENDER

and

W.M.P.(MD)No.11187 of 2022

1.Manikandan

2.Rajee

3.Rajendran

4.Arjunan 5.Sagayam

6.Senthil Kumar

7.Iyappan

8.Rasappan

9.Ashok

10.Chellammal 11.Kalaiyarasi 12.Lingammal 13.Valarmathi

14.Suiryakumari

15.Santhi

16.Muththammal

17.Parvathi

18.Iyyanal

19.Saravanan

20.Aaththiyappan

21.Palaiya 22.Janaki

23.Suseela

24.Esakimuthu

25.Sastha Perumal

26.Madasamy 27.Madaththi 28.Sornappan

29.Gowri 30.Jeeva 31.Selvi

32.Kumaresan

33.Amaravathy

34.Perumal

35.Suppammal

36.Sekhar

37.Sangeetharajan

38.Nagammal

39.Maari

40.Uchimaakaali 41.Pechi Muthu

42.Vadivudhas

43.Vadivel

44.Valarmathi

45.Pechchimuththu

46.Pooli

47.Nagammai 48.Rajammal

49.Nirmala

50.V.K.Kumar

51.Mani

52.Suyambulingam

53.Siva Sakthi

54.Saroja

55.Selva Mahesh

56.Murugan

57.Sudalaimadi

58.Parvathi

59.Krishnammal

60.Banumathi

61.Murugammal

62.Perumal 63.Pichchai

64.Sudalai

65.Sudalaimadan

66.Thangavel

67.Sudalaimadan

68.Sermakani

69.Badharnisha

70.Subramaniyan

71.Nagammal

72.Murugan

73.Chollamadi

74.Sundari

75.Ulagammal 76.Arumugam

77.Sudalaimani

78.Veeran 79.Kannan

80.Kumaresan

81.Santhoshkumar

82.Nadesan

83.Ramalakshmi 84.Karuppusami 85.Joseph Leela 86.Sundhar Raj

87.Perumal

88.Kalyanakumar

89.Pavanasam 90.Samuthiram

91.Sampath

92.Sollamadan

93.Hariharan

94.Vinayagamoorthi

95.Arul Ananth

96.Gunasekharan

97.Prasanth

98.Nagaperumal

99.Vignesh

100.Jagathish

101.Rathinadevi

102.Aarumugakani

103.Surendiran

104.Vasantha Kumar

105.Sowrnam

106.Thangavel

107.Suresh

108.Buvaneshwari

109.Murugan

110.Valli

111.Murugan 112.Ayyappan

113.Aarumugam

114.Kumaravel

115.Chandrasekar 116.Muthulakshmi

117.Chandran

118.Kumar

119.Raja Selvam 120.Velayutham 121.Chanthiran

122.Panneer Selvam

123.Lakshmi

124.Shanmugam

125.Madhu

126.Amaravathi

127.Viveganandhan

128.Kirushnaperumal

129.Kumaresan

130.Nesamani

131.Velu 132.Babu

133.Chandra

134.Sugumaran

135.Murali

136.Ambethkar

137.Sekar

138.Kannammal

139.Lakshmi

140.Santhirasekhar

141.Madaththi

142.Vijay

143.Ganapathi

144.Paramasivan

145.Subramaniyan

146.Muththaiyan

147.Thangaraj 148.Rajakannu

149.Manikandan

150.Nagarajan

151.Selvakumari

152.Vinoth

153.Valli

154.Aarumugam 155.Selvakumar

156.Bharathi 157.Velmayil

158.Kumaravel

159.Nagenthiran

160.Murugan

161.Jagathisan

162.Pichai

163.Mariyappan

164.Suresh

165.Senthilkumar

166.Vijaya

167.Kumaresan

168.Kanagam

169.Ravi 170.Jaya

171.Regupathi

172.Prema

173.Aaththiyappan

174.Minor Manimaran, S/o.Sakthivel, Rep. By his maternal uncle Sahayam

175.Ramani

176.Pichchammal

177.Mariyappan

178.Pechchiyammal

179.Vembu

180.Lakshmi

181.Krishnakumar

182.Lakshmanan

183.Athiappan

184.Ranjithkumar 185.Chollamadan

186.Radhakrishnan

187.Esakkiammal

188.Kannan

189.Ramu ... Petitioners -vs-

1.The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by the Principal Secretary, Department of Revenue, Fort St. George, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by the Principal Secretary, Department of Municipal Administration, Fort St. George, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

3.The District Collector, O/o. the District Collector, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District.

4.The Municipal Commissioner, Municipal Office, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District.

5.The District Revenue Officer, O/o. The District Revenue Officer, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District.

6.The Revenue Divisional Officer, O/o. Revenue Divisional Office, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District.

7.The Thasildar, O/o. Thasildar, Agasteeswaram, Kanyakumari District. ... Respondents PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents 1 and 2 to classify the land in New S.No.F-1/58, F-1/67 and F-1/70 Agasteeswaram Taluk, Kanyakumari District as Natham Promoboke and consequently, directing the seventh respondent to provide House site Patta to the petitioners residing in the above mentioned land within the time stipulated by this Court.

For Petitioners : Mr.T.Lajapathi Roy Senior Counsel for M/s.Roy and Roy Associates For R1 to R3 and R5 to R7 : Mr.D.Sadiq Raja Additional Government Pleader For R4 : Mr.P.Athimoolapandian Standing Counsel

ORDER

This Writ Petition has been filed by 189 Sanita