ELIPE DHARMA RAO, J.

1. This writ appeal has been filed against the order dated 9.8.2007 passed in W.P. No. 21930 of 2007.

2. The petitioner in the said writ petition is the first respondent herein and the respondents therein are the appellants. Respondents 2 and 3 have been impleaded as party respondents. The writ petition was filed to issue a writ of certiorarified mandamus to call for the records of the second respondent therein dated 17.4.2007 rejecting the request of the writ petitioner seeking building permit regarding the construction proposal of stilt plus four floors consisting of 256 dwelling units at Door No. 15, Reddy Street, Virugambakkam, Chennai, Old S. Nos. 72/2A, 79/1, 99/1 A, 99/3, T.S. No. 93, Block No. 31, Virugambakkam village; to quash the same and consequently to direct the second respondent therein to issue building permit forthwith to the writ petitioner, in the light of the planning permit dated 18.7.2006 issued by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority.

3. The brief facts of the case are as follows:

The property comprised in Old S. Nos. 72/2A, 79/1, 99/1 A, 99/3 in T.S. No. 93, Block No. 31, Virugambakkam Village is owned by the first responde