S.Prema v. The District Collector,
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 16.04.2026 CORAM :
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABDUL QUDDHOSE 1.S.Prema 2.M.Manimegalai 3.Keralperiyammal 4.Ramesh 5.Mageshwari 6.S.Sangeetha 7.Vellayammal 8.P.Thamarai 9.P.Sumitha 10.Murugeshan 11.Keerthana 12.B.Ashok 13.Eral Arkani 14.G.Sekar 15.V.Selvam 16.K.Sudha 17.R.Manikandan 18.M.Sridharan 19.K.Jayam 20.S.Shanmugapriya 21.M.Sundhrarajan 22.S.Sumitha 23.S.Kavitha 24.R.Priya 25.M.Kanjana 26.K.P.Hariprabha 27.S.Tamilselvi 28.T.Selvi Page No.1 of 9
29.Brindhadevi 30.Vasanthi 31.Konnappan 32.B.Hemalatha 33.Thangamani 34.Kandappan 35.Ramaya.K 36.Pathimadevi 37.N.Sasikumar 38.Velusamy 39.Thilagam 40.Jothilakshmi 41.Poongodi 42.Maniratnam 43.Madeswari 44.Shanthini 45.Deepika 46.Rangammal 47.Sarasu 48.Lakshmi 49.Alamelu.R 50.K.Manikandan 51.Valarmathi 52.Savuriyammal 53.Selvi 54.P.Santhosam 55.Mayakannan 56.Amirthavalli ... Petitioners Vs.
1.The District Collector, Namakkal District.
2.The District Revenue Officer, Namakkal District.
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3.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Namakkal District.
4.The Special Tahsildar (Adi Dravidar Welfare), Namakkal District.
5.The Tahsildar, Rasipuram Taluk, Namakkal District.
6.The Superintendent of Police, Namakkal District.
7.The Inspector of Police, Namagiripettai Police Station.
... Respondents Prayer : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to consider the Petitioner's representation dated 16.03.2026, and consequently to confirm the pattas issued in petitioners favour and to give effect to the cancellation of earlier pattas granted to 129 persons, and further direct the respondents to provide police protection to enable petitioners to peacefully proceed with the construction and enjoyment of petitioners respective houses, and to restrain third parties from in any manner interfering with our peaceful possession and enjoyment of the property.
For Petitioners : Mr.R.Ramguru For Respondents : Mr.C.Jayaprakash Government Advocate [R1 to R5] Mr.V.Meganathan Government Advocate (Crl.Side) [R6 & R7] ***** Page No.3 of 9
ORDER
This Writ Petition has been filed to direct the respondents to confirm the pattas issued in favour of the petitioners for the respective properties morefully disclosed in the documents filed along with this writ petition and to give effect to the cancellation of the earlier pattas granted to 129 persons for the very same properties, based on the petitioners' representation, dated 16.03.2026, within a time frame to be fixed by this Court.
2. Mr.C.Jayaprakash, learned Government Advocate, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents 1 to 5 and Mr.V.Meganathan, learned Government Advocate (Crl.Side), accepts notice on behalf of the respondents 6 and 7.
3. According to the petitioners, they were issued free house site pattas for the properties morefully disclosed in the documents filed along with this writ petition in the year 2020. According to them, till date, the same has not been given effect to in the revenue records of the respondents. According to them, the earlier pattas issued in favour of 129 Page No.4 of 9
persons for the very same properties have not been cancelled. Since the representation of the petitioners, dated 16.03.2026 has not been considered, the petitioners have filed this writ petition.
4. The petitioners have filed supporting documents along with this writ petition in respect of the petitioners' representation, dated 16.03.2026. This Court is not expressing any opinion on the merits of the said representation.
5. No prejudice would be caused to the respondents, if the petitioners' representation as stated supra is considered on merits and in accordance with law, after giving due consideration to the supporting documents produced by the petitioners, within a time frame to be fixed by this Court.
6. For the foregoing reasons, this Writ Petition is disposed of by directing the 1st respondent to pass final orders, on merits and in accordance with law, on the petitioners' representation, dated 16.03.2026 seeking confirmation of the alleged pattas issued in favour of the Page No.5 of 9
respective petitioners for the properties morefully disclosed in the documents filed along with this writ petition and to give effect to the cancellation of the earlier pattas for the very same properties in favour of 129 persons, after giving due consideration to the supporting documents produced by the petitioners, within a period of twelve (12) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. 16.04.2026 Index : Yes / No Speaking order / Non-speaking order sp Page No.6 of 9
To 1.The District Collector, Namakkal District.
2.The District Revenue Officer, Namakkal District.
3.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Namakkal District.
4.The Special Tahsildar (Adi Dravidar Welfare), Namakkal District.
5.The Tahsildar, Rasipuram Taluk, Namakkal District.
6.The Superintendent of Police, Namakkal District.
7.The Inspector of Police, Namagiripettai Police Station.
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ABDUL QUDDHOSE, J.
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W.M.P.No.15950 of 2026 in ABDUL QUDDHOSE, J.
Ordered on payment of separate court fee.
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