(Order of the Court was made by S.M.Subramaniam,J.)

Writ Petitions have been instituted, challenging the orders dated

14.02.2018, whereby Petitioners’ claim to execute sale deeds in respect of larger extent of plots, in addition to plots already allotted in their favour, was rejected by the erstwhile Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board and presently, Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board (in short ‘Board’), by way of common order.

2. In all these writ petitions, since common issue is involved, they are taken up together and disposed of by this common order. For the sake of convenience, facts are being taken from W.P.No.21884 of 2018 in respect of New Plot No.297.

3. The Tabular Column furnished by the Board in respect of allotted plots to individual petitioners is extracted hereunder:

4. Facts in brief as averred in W.P.No.21884 of 2018 would show that the entire land originally belonged to Revenue Department of Government of Tamil Nadu and it