Indirani vs The State Government of Tamil Nadu Represented by its Secretary, Land and Revenue department, Fort St. George, Chennai.

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2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 24753

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
S. M. Subramaniam, K. Surender, JJ
Indirani – Appellant
Versus
The State Government of Tamil Nadu Represented by its Secretary, Land and Revenue department, Fort St. George, Chennai. – Respondent
WP No. 34650 of 2022

Important Points

Judicial intervention is unnecessary when the issue at hand, such as land encroachment, has already been resolved, as per statutory provisions.

Subject

Administrative Law - Land Law

Act Referred

Tamil Nadu Removal of Land Encroachment Act: S.10-A
Tamil Nadu Land Encroachment Act: S.1905

Headnote

(A) Tamil Nadu Removal of Land Encroachment Act, 1905 - Section 10-A - Writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of mandamus for the disposal of an appeal/revision - Statutory appeal pertains to the removal of land encroachment - Contention that the encroachment has already been removed, leading to the conclusion that no further adjudication is necessary. (Paras 1-3)

Facts of the case:
The petitioner sought a direction for the disposal of a statutory appeal regarding land encroachment proceedings dated 25.02.2022.

Findings of Court:
No adjudication required as the encroachment in question has been removed.

Issues: Whether the court should adjudicate on the appeal given that the encroachment has been resolved.

Ratio Decidendi: The court determined that since the encroachment is no longer present, further judicial intervention is unwarranted.

Result: Writ petition closed with no costs.

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr.R.Rajarajan
For the Respondents: Mr.T.Arun kumar Additional Government Pleader

Table of Content
1. writ petition for disposal of statutory appeal. (Para 1)
2. encroachment removal negates further adjudication. (Para 2)

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

The present writ petition has been instituted seeking a direction for disposal of the statutory appeal filed under Section 10-A of the Tamil Nadu Land Encroachment Act, 1905.

2. Learned Additional Government Pleader would submit that said encroachment has already been removed.

3. That being the case, no further adjudication needs to be undertaken.

Accordingly, the writ petition is closed. No costs. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petitions, if any, are closed.