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District Forest Officer v. A. Marimuthu

2019-09-20Honourable Mr Justice M.Duraiswamy10 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 20.09.2019 CORAM :

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.DURAISWAMY

1. District Forest Officer, Salem and Namakkal.

2. State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. By District Collector, Namakkal.

... Petitioners in all C.R.Ps v.

A.Marumuthu ... Respondent in C.R.P.No.1887/2013 P.Nallammal ... Respondent in C.R.P.No.1888/2013 V.Venkatachalam ... Respondent in C.R.P.No.1889/2013 V.Karuppannan ... Respondent in C.R.P.No.1890/2013 S.Kannaiyan ... Respondent in C.R.P.No.1891/2013 A.Gurunathan ... Respondent in C.R.P.No.1892/2013 A.Rajendran ... Respondent in C.R.P.No.1897/2013 T.Vellaiyan ... Respondent in C.R.P.No.1898/2013 L.Chinnapaiyan ... Respondent in C.R.P.No.1899/2013 M.Sadaiyappan ... Respondent in C.R.P.No.1901/2013 Page 1 / 10

T.Annamalai ... Respondent in C.R.P.No.1902/2013 M.Sumathi ... Respondent in C.R.P.No.1903/2013 M.Ganesan ... Respondent in C.R.P.No.1904/2013 K. Kumar ... Respondent in C.R.P.No.1905/2013 S.Asaliyammal ... Respondent in C.R.P.No.1906/2013 S.Anchalam ... Respondent in C.R.P.No.1907/2013 G.Chinnusamy ... Respondent in C.R.P.No.1909/2013 V.Kanthayee ... Respondent in C.R.P.No.1910/2013 R.Palanisamy ... Respondent in C.R.P.No.1911/2013 C.R.P.No.1887/2013 : Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, to set aside the order passed by the Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Namakkal in I.A.No.402 of 2006 in Unnumbered C.M.A. of 2006, dated 23.06.2011. C.R.P.No.

1888/2013 : Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, to set aside the order passed by the Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Namakkal in I.A.No. 513 of 2006 in Unnumbered C.M.A. of 2006, dated 23.06.2011. C.R.P.No.1889/2013 : Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, to set aside the order passed by the Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Namakkal in I.A.No. 521 of 2006 in Unnumbered C.M.A. of 2006, dated 23.06.2011.

C.R.P.No.1890/2013 : Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, to set aside the order passed by the Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Namakkal in I.A.No. 522 of 2006 in Unnumbered C.M.A. of 2006, dated 23.06.2011. C.R.P.No.1891/2013 : Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, to set aside the order passed by the Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Namakkal in I.A.No. 523 of 2006 in Unnumbered C.M.A. of 2006, dated 23.06.2011. C.R.P.No.1892/2013 : Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, to set aside the order passed by the Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Namakkal in I.A.No. 524 of 2006 in Unnumbered C.M.A. of 2006, dated 23.06.2011. C.R.P.No.

1897/2013 : Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, to set aside the order passed by the Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Namakkal in I.A.No. 545 of 2006 in Unnumbered C.M.A. of 2006, dated 23.06.2011. C.R.P.No.1898/2013 : Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, to set aside the order passed by the Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Namakkal in I.A.No. 643 of 2006 in Unnumbered C.M.A. of 2006, dated 23.06.2011.

C.R.P.No.1899/2013 : Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, to set aside the order passed by the Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Namakkal in I.A.No. 647 of 2006 in Unnumbered C.M.A. of 2006, dated 23.06.2011. C.R.P.No.1901/2013 : Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, to set aside the order passed by the Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Namakkal in I.A.No. 686 of 2006 in Unnumbered C.M.A. of 2006, dated 23.06.2011. C.R.P.No.1902/2013 : Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, to set aside the order passed by the Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Namakkal in I.A.No. 700 of 2006 in Unnumbered C.M.A. of 2006, dated 23.06.2011. C.R.P.No.

1903/2013 : Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, to set aside the order passed by the Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Namakkal in I.A.No. 788 of 2006 in Unnumbered C.M.A. of 2006, dated 23.06.2011. C.R.P.No.1904/2013 : Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, to set aside the order passed by the Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Namakkal in I.A.No. 801 of 2006 in Unnumbered C.M.A. of 2006, dated 23.06.2011.

C.R.P.No.1905/2013 : Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, to set aside the order passed by the Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Namakkal in I.A.No. 806 of 2006 in Unnumbered C.M.A. of 2006, dated 23.06.2011. C.R.P.No.1906/2013 : Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, to set aside the order passed by the Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Namakkal in I.A.No. 809 of 2006 in Unnumbered C.M.A. of 2006, dated 23.06.2011. C.R.P.No.1907/2013 : Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, to set aside the order passed by the Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Namakkal in I.A.No. 813 of 2006 in Unnumbered C.M.A. of 2006, dated 23.06.2011. C.R.P.No.

1909/2013 : Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, to set aside the order passed by the Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Namakkal in I.A.No. 822 of 2006 in Unnumbered C.M.A. of 2006, dated 23.06.2011. C.R.P.No.1910/2013 : Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, to set aside the order passed by the Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Namakkal in I.A.No. 1032 of 2006 in Unnumbered C.M.A. of 2006, dated 23.06.2011.

C.R.P.No.1911/2013 : Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, to set aside the order passed by the Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Namakkal in I.A.No. 1088 of 2006 in Unnumbered C.M.A. of 2006, dated 23.06.2011. For Petitioners : Ms.Thangavadhana Balakrishnan Additional Government Pleader(F) For Respondents : No Appearance in all CRPs Except in CRP Nos.1902, 1905 & 1906/2013 - Mr.V.Thirupathi COMMON ORDER Challenging the fair and final orders dated 23.06.2011 passed in Interlocutory Applications in I.A. Nos.402/2006, 513/2006, 521/2006, 522/2006, 523/2006, 524/2006, 545/2006, 643/2006, 647/2006, 686/2006, 700/2006, 788/2006, 801/2006, 806/2006, 809/2006, 813/2006, 822/2006, 1032/2006 and 1088/2006 in Unnumbered C.M.A. Of 2006, on the file of the Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Namakkal, the petitioners have filed the above Civil Revision Petitions.

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2. There was a delay of more than 1000 days in filing the appeals before the Additional District Court, Fast Track Court, Namakkal, challenging the orders passed by the Forest Settlement Officer, Attur. The relevant F.S.C. Numbers and the date of the orders passed by the Forest Settlement Officer are tabulated as follows:- C.R.P.Nos.

I.A.Nos.

F.S.C.Nos.

Date of the F.S.C. Order 1887/2013 402/2006 402/2002 27.03.2002 1888/2013 513/2006 532/2002 27.03.2002 1889/2013 521/2006 540/2002 27.03.2002 1890/2013 522/2006 5412002 27.03.2002 1891/2013 523/2006 542/2002 27.03.2002 1892/2013 524/2006 543/2002 27.03.2002 1897/2013 545/2006 565/2002 27.03.2002 1898/2013 643/2006 752/2002 20.05.2002 1899/2013 647/2006 756/2002 20.05.2002 1901/2013 686/2006 793/2002 27.05.2002 1902/2013 700/2006 807/2002 27.05.2002 1903/2013 788/2006 904/2002 03.06.2002 1904/2013 801/2006 917/2002 03.06.2002 1905/2013 806/2006 922/2002 03.06.2002 1906/2013 809/2006 925/2002 03.06.2002 1907/2013 813/2006 929/2002 03.06.2002 Page 7 / 10

C.R.P.Nos.

I.A.Nos.

F.S.C.Nos.

Date of the F.S.C. Order 1909/2013 822/2006 938/2002 03.06.2002 1910/2013 1032/2006 1129/2002 15.07.2002 1911/2013 1088/2006 1206/2002 30.07.2002

3. In the affidavit filed in support of the applications, the petitioners have stated that they found it very difficult to trace and go through the fifty years case records and hence, there is a delay of more than 1000 days in filing the appeals.

4. Except in C.R.P.(NPD) Nos. 1902, 1905 and 1906 of 2013, in the other Civil Revision Petitions though notices sent to the respondents were duly served and their names have been printed in the cause list, none appeared on his behalf.

5. The learned Additional Government Pleader (F) appearing for the petitioners submitted that in identical state of facts, this Court in a batch of Civil Revision Petitions in C.R.P.Nos.4150 of 2011 etc. batch, by order dated 21.11.2013, allowed the Civil Revision Petitions and condoned the delay in filing the appeals. The Additional Government Pleader (F) Page 8 / 10

produced a copy of the order passed by this Court in the batch of Civil Revision Petitions.

6. Since the facts leading to the filing of these Civil Revision Petitions are identical to the batch of Civil Revision Petitions, which were already allowed, following the order passed by this Court in the batch of Civil Revision Petitions dated 21.11.2013, the fair and final orders passed by the Additional District Court, Fast Track Court, Namakkal, are set aside and the applications in I.A.Nos.. 402/2006, 513/2006, 521/2006, 522/2006, 523/2006, 524/2006, 545/2006, 643/2006, 647/2006, 686/2006, 700/2006, 788/2006, 801/2006, 806/2006, 809/2006, 813/2006, 822/2006, 1032/2006 and 1088/2006 are allowed. The Civil Revision Petitions are allowed. No costs.

20.09.2019 Index : Yes / No Speaking order / Non Speaking Order Rj To The Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Namakkal.

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M.DURAISWAMY, J.

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