BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 12.02.2026 CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE G.JAYACHANDRAN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.K.RAMAKRISHNAN W.P.(MD) No.3926 of 2026 and W.M.P.(MD) No.3225 & 3226 of 2026 Selvaraj ... Petitioner -vs-

1.The District Collector Thoothukudi District

2.The Tahsildar Tiruchendur Thoothukudi District ... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of certiorari to call for the records relating to the impugned order in Na.Ka.Aa1/166/2025 dated 26.12.2025 passed by the 2^nd respondent and quash the same as illegal.

For Petitioner : Mr.V.P.Rajan For Respondents : Mr.D.Sasi Kumar Additional Government Pleader

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by DR.G.JAYACHANDRAN, J.]

Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that though the notice, dated 26.12.2025, issued by the second respondent, under Section 6 of the Tamil Nadu Land Encroachment Act, 1905, saying that 7 sq.meters of Government land has been encroached by the petitioner by putting up a compound wall and it is liable to be removed, is under challenge in this writ petition, if the author