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P.K. Ravi v. The District Collector

2026-04-01Honourable Mr Justice S. M. Subramaniam,Honourable Mr.Justice K. Surender13 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 01-04-2026

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S. M. SUBRAMANIAM AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE K. SURENDER and WMP No. 15813 of 2024

1. P.K. Ravi Son Of Kannan, Door No. 89, Sathiyavani Muthu Nagar, Pallikonda Village And Post,

2. A. Venda Wife Of Arumugam, Door No. 39/50, T.K..S. Nagar, Pallikonda Village And Post,

3. M. Chitra Wife Of Manjunathan, Door No. 87, Sathiyavani Muthu Nagar, Pallikonda Village And Post,

4. K. Ragu Son Of Kannan, Door No. 40/89, Sathiyavani Muthu Nagar, Pallikonda Village And Post,

5. K. Babu Son Of Krishnan, Door No. 81, Sathiyavani Muthu Nagar, Pallikonda Village And Post,

6. B. Narasimman Son Of Balakrishnan, Door No. 63/75, T.K..S. Nagar, Pallikonda Village And Post,

7. N. Pichaimuthu Son Of Nainakannu, Door No. 5/24, Mariyamman Kovil Street, Othiyathur Village And Post,

8. N. Kumar Son Of Nagappan, Door No. 17/6a, 1st Street, Camranpettai, Keelachur Village And Post,

9. S. Kasinathan Son Of Sundaram, Door No. 135, A.T. Colony, Kalanipakkam Village And Post, Anaocut Taluk, 10.M. Dhanapal Son Of Munisamy, Door No. 92/1, A.T. Colony, Kalanipakkam Village And Post, Anaocut Taluk, 11.K. Arivazhagan Son Of Kasinathan, Door No. 135, A.T. Colony, Kalanipakkam Village And Post, 12.A. Haridass Son Of Arumugam, Door No. 102/1, A.T. Colony,

Kalanipakkam Village And Post, 13.M. Sekar Son Of Munisamy, Door No. 74, A.T. Colony, Kalanipakkam Village And Post, Anaocut Taluk, 14.A. Sumithra Wife Of Arumugam, Door No. 97, A.T. Colony, Kalanipakkam Village And Post, Anaocut Taluk, 15.P. Latha Wife Of Palani, Door No. 44/1, Parthasarathi Nagar, Veppangal, Keelachur Village And Post, Vellore Distrct 635-809.

16.M. Malarveni Wife Of Munisamy, Door No. 20, Parthasarathi Nagar, Malaiyadivaram, Keelachur Village And Post, Vellore Distrct 635-809.

17.B. Srikala Daughter Of Pichandi, Door No. 32, Parthasarathi Nagar, Veppangal, Malaiyadivaram, Keelachur Village And Post, Vellore Distrct 635-809.

18.J. Valliyammal Wife Of Jayavel, Door No. 70, Madanur, Agraharam Village And Post, Vellore Distrct 635-809.

19.K. Manikumar Son Of Krishnan, Door No. 24, Jaibeem Nagar, Agraharam Village And Post, Vellore Distrct 635-809.

20.A. Manjula Wife Of Azhagiri, Door No. 46, High School Street, Pallikonda Village And Post, Vellore Distrct 635-809.

21.B. Durga Devi, Daughter Of Boobalan, Door No. 39, Sathiyavani Muthu Nagar, Pallikonda Village And Post, 22.R. Malarkodi Wife Of Rajedhiran, Door No. 6/11/1, Jamethartoppu, 3rd Street, Pallikonda Village And Post, 23.S. Shoba Wife Of Sivakumar, Door No. 9, Jamethartoppu, 3rd Street, Pallikonda Village And Post, 24.S. Poornima Wife Of Sivakumar, Door No. 42, School Street, Pallikonda Village And Post, 25.Selvi Vincet Wife Of Vincet, Door No. 62/1, Jamethartoppu, 3rd Street, Pallikonda Village And Post,

26.R. Malliga Wife Of Raja, Door No. 31, Jamethartoppu, 3rd Street, Pallikonda Village And Post, 27.M. Kuppammal Wife Of Murugan, Door No. 46, School Street, Pallikonda Village And Post, 28.S. Saritha Wife Of Shankar, Door No. 53, Thennansalai, Genganallur Village And Post, 29.D. Prabakaran Son Of Durai, Door No. 31, Jamethartoppu, 3rd Street, Pallikonda Village And Post, 30.A. Menaka Wife Of Arulmani, Door No. 142/122, Puthumai Street, Bramanamangalam Village And Post, 31.S. Selvi Wife Of Sivan, Door No. 27/12, Kasthuibai Street, Camranpettai, Pallikonda Village And Post, 32.V. Ramesh

Son Of Vajjiram, Door No. 166, Mariyamman Kovil Street, Rajapuram, Othiyathur Village And Post, 33.Santhi Narasen Wife Of Narasan, Door No. 24, Jamethartoppu, 3rd Street, Pallikonda Village And Post, 34.R. Jayanthi Wife Of Suresh, Door No. 24, Jamethartoppu, 3rd Street, Keelachur Village And Post, 35.B. Radha Wife Of Babu, Door No. 22, Jamethartoppu, 3rd Street, Keelachur Village And Post, 36.S. Kavitha Wife Of Santhamoorthy, Door No. 46, High School Road, Pallikonda Village And Post, 37.Murugammal Ravi Wife Of Ravi, Door No. 22, Jamethartoppu, 3rd Street, Pallikonda Village And Post, 38.K. Rajesh Kumar Son Of Karmegan, Door No. 7/4, Parthasarathy Nagar, Veppangal, Keelachur Village And Post,

39.S. Narmadha Daughter Of Late Sekar, Door No. 60, T.K..S. Nagar, Pallikonda Village And Post, ..Petitioner(s) Vs

1. The District Collector Office Of The Collector, Sathuvachari, Vellore, Vellore District.

2. The Revenue Divisional Officer Office Of Revenue Divisional Officer, Vellore, Vellore District.

3. The Thasildar Office Of The Thasildar, Anaikattu, Anaikattu Taluk, Vellore District.

4. Parvathy Daughter Of Jawarilal, Kandhaneri Village And Post, Pallikonda Via, Anaikattu Taluk, Vellore District.

5. Karan Son Of Jawarilal, Kandhaneri Village and Post, Pallikonda Via, Anaikattu Taluk, Vellore District.

6. Anand Son Of Govalchand, Kandhaneri Village and Post,

Pallikonda Via, Anaikattu Taluk, Vellore District.

7. Gopinath Son Of Ramachandran, Kandhaneri Village and Post, Pallikonda Via, Anaikattu Taluk, Vellore District.

8. Ranganathan Son Of Chinnapaiyan, Kandhaneri Village and Post, Pallikonda Via, Anaikattu Taluk, Vellore District.

9. Sundarajan Son Of Gopal, Kandhaneri Village and Post, Pallikonda Via, Anaikattu Taluk, Vellore District.

10.Santhammal Kandhaneri Village and Post, Pallikonda Via, Anaikattu Taluk, Vellore District.

11.Chinnammal Kandhaneri Village and Post, Pallikonda Via, Anaikattu Taluk, Vellore District.

12.Govindaraji Son of Krishnappa Gounder, Kandhaneri Village and Post, Pallikonda Via, Anaikattu Taluk, Vellore District.

13.Palanivel Son of Swaminathan, Kandhaneri Village and

Post, Pallikonda Via, Anaikattu Taluk, Vellore District.

14.Kandhasamy Gounder, (proprietor Shanmuga Foundation) Kandhaneri Village and Post, Pallikonda Via, Anaikattu Taluk, Vellore District.

15.Bhakiyaraj Son Of Kuppusamy, Kandhaneri Village and Post, Pallikonda Via, Anaikattu Taluk, Vellore District.

16.Krishnan Son Of Annamalai, Kandhaneri Village and Post, Pallikonda Via, Anaikattu Taluk, Vellore District.

17.Kuppusamy Kandhaneri Village and Post, Pallikonda Via, Anaikattu Taluk, Vellore District.

..Respondent(s) To direct the 3rd Respondent to consider and pass order on the Petitioners representation dated 22.05.2018 based on the order of the 2nd Respondent by vide his Letter O.Mu.No. A2/1860/2023 dated 06.06.2023 to the 3rd Respondent and also based on the judgment delivered in W.A. No. 624 of 1988 by the Honble Division Bench of Madras High Court dated 22.01.1991within the time frame that may be fixed by this Honble Court. For Petitioner(s):

Mr.S.Arokiamaniraj

For Respondent(s):

Mr.T.Arun Kumar, Addl.G.P. for R1 to R3 Order (Order of the Court was made by S.M.Subramaniam J.) Writ Petition has been instituted seeking direction to 2nd respondents to consider the representation submitted by the writ petitioners on 22.05.2018 and initiate appropriate actions.

2. The claim of the petitioners is that the lands allotted to Depressed Class people are assigned in favour of other community people in violation of the Government policy. The subject lands are exclusively allotted to grant assignment to depressed class people. Therefore, the assignment made in violation of the Government policy is to be reviewed and the authorities have to initiate all appropriate action.

3. The counter filed by the Tahsildar would show that the subject lands have been assigned to the Depressed Class people. However, the depressed class people/ original assignees violated the conditions of the assignment and alienated the government land in favour of other community people. Thus, the alienation became null and void, since it violates the conditions of assignment. The lands allotted to depressed people cannot be transferred or alienated in favour of other community people. That being the case, all further actions are to be initiated.

4. The Tahsildar, Anaikattu would submit that verifications are done and appropriate actions will be initiated to ensure that the assignment of government lands are dealt with in accordance with law and the Government lands will be resumed.

5. In the present case, the lands assigned to other community people in violation of the Government policy is to be dealt with and the authorities are directed to initiate all appropriate actions to ensure that the depressed class lands are allotted to the deserving depressed class people in accordance with the conditions stipulated under the RSO. The Government has to resume the land and appropriate decisions are to be taken either to use the land for public purpose or to reassign to eligible depressed class persons.

6. With these directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No costs. WMP.No.15813 of 2024 is ordered on payment of separate court fee. (S.M.S.,J.) (K.S.,J.) 01-04-2026 Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order vsi To

1. The District Collector Office Of The Collector, Sathuvachari, Vellore, Vellore District.

2. The Revenue Divisional Officer Office Of Revenue Divisional Officer, Vellore, Vellore District.

3. The Thasildar Office Of The Thasildar, Anaikattu, Anaikattu Taluk, Vellore District.

S.M.SUBRAMANIAM J.

AND K.SURENDER J.

vsi 01-04-2026