When land acquisition proceedings are quashed and dropped, and the authority has issued No Objection Certificates to similarly situated owners of adjacent lands, the authority must similarly issue an NOC to other affected owners to ensure parity.

Prayer:

Writ Petition is filed under Section 226 of the Constitution of India for issue of Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondent to consider the representation dated 09.12.2025 made by the petitioner and issue a No Objection Certificate to the petitioner with respect to his property comprised in Survey No. 323/11C.

O R D E R

This writ petition is filed for the following relief:

“To direct the respondent to consider the petitioner’s representation dated 09.12.2025 and issue a “No Objection Certificate” to the petitioner with respect to his property comprised in Survey No. 323/11C.”

2. The petitioner would submit that he is the absolute owner of the land measuring 77 cents in Survey No. 323/11C situate at Keezhkattalai Village, Pallavaram Taluk, Chennai District. The land was part of a larger extent proposed for acquisition under the Pallavaram Neighbourhood Scheme by the Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) through G.O. No. 978 dated 17.08.1990 under Section 4(1) and later through G.O. No. 1306 dated 28.09.1991 under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.

3. The petitioner would further submit that the acquisition proceedings were quashed by this Court in a batch of Writ Petitions, including W.P. No. 20300 of 1994, and the writ appeals filed by the respondent were dismissed due to inordinate delay and thereafter, the land acquisition proceedings was dropped by the respondent.

4. It is the case of the petitioner that his nephew one Seetharaman, had made a representation dated 01.09.2025 to the respondent, seeking issuance of a NOC for registering the property comprised in Survey Nos. 323/11B, 323/11C, 323/11D, measuring an extent of 1 Acre 77 Cents. As there was no action, he approached this Court by way of a writ petition in WP. No. 36914 of 2025, to direct the respondent to issue a “No Objection Certificate” for registration of lands comprised in the aforesaid survey numbers. This Court by order dated 26.09.2025 directed the respondent to consider his representation.

5. Pursuant to the said order, the respondent considered his representation and issued “No Objection Certificate” to the said Seetharaman with respect to the property comprised in S.Nos.323/11B and 323/11D.

6. Likewise, the petitioner made a representation dated 09.12.2025 with reference to his property to the respondent, seeking issuance of “No Objection Certificate” and the same was not considered to date. Therefore, the petitioner is before this Court.

7. The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that in respect of the property comprised in S.Nos.11B1, a representation was made by the said Seetharaman and the same was considered and “No Objection Certificate” was also issued. Therefore, she prays that a direction may be issued to the respondent to issue “No Objection Certificate” to the petitioner in respect of his lands.

8. Heard the learned counsels on the either side and perused the records.

9. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and in the light of the communication of the respondent dated 09.12.2025, issuing “No Objection Certificate” to a similarly placed person, a mandamus is issued to the respondent to issue “No Objection Certificate” to the petitioner, in respect of his lands, within a period of 2 weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

10. With the above direction, this writ petition is allowed. No costs.