IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
J.G.JAYACHANDRAN, J.K.K.RAMAKRISHNAN, JJ
V.Balamuthu – Appellant
Versus
The District Collector Trichy District, Trichy – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. challenge to the order under tamil nadu land encroachment act. (Para 1 , 3 , 4) |
| 2. the significance of procedural compliance in land encroachment cases. (Para 2 , 5 , 6 , 8 , 9) |
| 3. dismissal of the writ petition based on the merits of government land rights. (Para 10) |
O R D E R
[Order of the Court was made by DR.G.JAYACHANDRAN, J.]
This writ petition is filed challenging the order, dated 09.02.2026, passed by the first respondent, under Section 10A of the Tamil Nadu Land Encroachment Act, 1905.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the impugned order is a non-speaking order. The grounds of appeal, particularly, pendency of the suit filed by the petitioners herein and another seeking declaration and permanent injunction, raised by the petitioners before the first respondent were not considered. Learned counsel for the petitioners made a strenuous attempt to trace the history of the litigation, wherein the revenue authorities contended that the portion of the land in occupation of the petitioners herein is classified as “Street” in the revenue records, whereas the petitioners herein and other private parties claim that it is their patta land.
3. The litigat
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