Madras High CourtWP/14900/2025disposed of

Muniappan v. State Of Tamil Nadu Rep By Its

2025-04-25Honourable Mr Justice N. Anand Venkatesh19 pages

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 25-04-2025

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE N. ANAND VENKATESH

1. MUNIAPPAN

2. SRINIVASAN

3. PERIYASAMY

4. GOVINDARAJ

5. MARIAPPAN

6. PERUMAL

7. GOVINDASAMY

8. PERUMAL

9. CHINNASAMY

10. AJITHKUMAR 11.TMT.CHITRA

12. MADHU

13. MADHU

14. SEVETHAN

2/19 15.TMT.SHANTHI 16.TMT.SARITHA 17.TMT.MUNIRATHINAM 18.TMT.LAKSHMI

19. HARICHANDRAN

20. PRAKESAN

21. RAJENDRAN

22. UTHAYAKUMAR

23. MURUGAN

24. SEVETHAN

25. CHANDRASEKAR

26. POUNRAJ 27.TMT.MUNIAMMA 28.TMT.SANGEETHA

29. ANNAMALAI

30. MUNISAMY

31. MURUGAN

32. MADESH

33. VENKATRAMAN 34.TMT.SARASWATHI

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35. RAMASAMY

36. PONNUSAMY

37. NARAYANAMOORTHY 38.TMT.GEETHA

39. MAHALINGAM

40. MOORTHY

41. RANGASAMY 42.TMT.LAKSHMI

43. KAJENDRAN 44.TMT.RANI

45. SIVAJI

46. SREEDHAR

47. RAMACHANDRAN

48. CHINNAVAN

49. GOVINDARAJ 50.TMT.MEENA 51.TMT.LATHA

52. NAGARAJ

53. MARIAPPAN

54. CHINNASAMY

4/19 55.TMT.MUNIAMMAL

56. SETTU 57.TMT.GOWRI

58. BOOPATHY

59. RAJA 60.TMT.SOUNDARYA 61.TMT.CHINNAMMAL 62.TMT.VENKATTAMMA

63. SAKTHIVEL

64. CHINNATHAMBI

65. KUPPAN

66. RAJA

67. THIRUPATHI

68. CHINNAVEDI

69. THANGARAJ

70. PATRAJ

71. VINOTHAN

72. PERIYASAMY

73. THAMODHARAN

74. PERUMAL

5/19 75.TMT.SHANTHI 76.TMT.VIJAYA

77. MAHENDRAN 78.TMT.KULLAMMAL 79.TMT.SELLIYAMMAL, 80.TMT.JANAGI

81. NARASIMMAN 82.TMT.CHINNAKANNU

83. MADHU 84.TMT.PARVATHI

85. RAMASAMY

86. MARIYAPPAN 87.TMT.MUNIAMMA 88.TMT.AITHA

89. NARAYANAN

90. THIRUMURUGAN

91. MUNIRAJ

92. GANESAN

93. RAMASAMY

94. DURAISAMY

6/19 95.TMT.GOVINDHI

96. MADHU 97.TMT.MANI 98.TMT.RANI

99. MARIYAPPAN

100. KAVERI

101. SIVARAJ

102. MARIYAPPAN

103. MUUNUSAMY

104. RAJESWARI

105. CHINNASAMY

106. GOVINDARAJ

107. THIMMARAJ

108. SATHIYAMOORTHY

109. SAMUNDI

110. RAJA

111. VEDIAPPAN

112. SRINIVASAN

113. MUNIAPPAN

114. KRISHNAN

7/19

115. MURUGAN

116. SOUNDAR 117.TMT.SUMITHRA

118. LAKSHMANAN

119. KANAVAIPATTI

120. MAILSAMY

121. VIGNESH 122.TMT.VEDIYAMMAL,

123. RAMASAMY

124. VARADHARAJ

125. RAMASAMY

126. SETTU

127. RAMASAMY 128.TMT.VASANTHA 129.SIVA, 130.TMT.VIJAYA 131.TMT.RUKKU

132. THIMMARAYAN

133. SUNDARAM

134. THIMMARAJ

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135. SAKTHIKUMAR 136.TMT.GOVINDHAMMAL 137.TMT.NAGALAKSHMI 138.TMT.LAKSHMI

139. THIMMARAJ 140.TMT.MAHESWARI

141. VINAYAGAM

142. KANNALAGAN 143.TMT.BABAMMA 144.TMT.LAKSHMI 145.TMT.PATTU

146. RAJKUMAR

147. GOVINDARAJ 148.TMT.RANI

149. SOWRI

150. SUBRAMANI 151.TMT.KUPPATCHI

152. THAMODHARAN 153.TMT.RANJITHA

154. LAKSHMANAN

9/19 155.TMT.SELVI 156.TMT.SEVETHAMMAL 157.TMT.KALAIVANI

158. VEDIAPPAN 159.TMT.MUNIAMMAL 160.TMT.RANJITHA 161.TMT.YAGASELVARANI 162.TMT.THULASI

163. MARIMUTHU

164. CHITHAMBARAM 165.TMT.SIVAGAMI

166. RAJA 167.TMT.GOVINDAMMAL

168. KRISHNAN 169.TMT.GOVINDHI

170. MUNIYAPPAN 171.TMT.RANI

172. MUNIYAPPAN

173. PRAKASH

174. MADESH

10/19

175. RAJENDRAN

176. THANGAVEL

177. MURUGESAN 178.LAKSHMANAN

179. LAKSHMANAN

180. GOVINDAN 181.TMT.LALITHA

182. KAVERI 183.TMT.KAMALA 184.TMT.DHANALAKSHMI 185.TMT.DHANAM, 186.TMT.CHINNAPILLAI

187. VELU

188. MADHAN 189.TMT.SELVI

190. POONGAN

191. VINOTHKUMAR

192. PERUMAL

193. THIRUPATHI

194. MADHU

11/19

195. LAKSHMANAN

196. SAKTHI 197.TMT.KALYANI

198. THIMMARAYAN 199.TMT.POUNA 200.TMT.MUTHU 201.TMT.PERUMA 202.TMT.NADHIYA 203.TMT.SAMOTHA,

204. JAYAPAL 205.TMT.SIVASAKTHI

206. THIRUPATHI

207. AJITHKUMAR

208. PERUMAL

209. SIVAN 210.TMT.MALLIGA

211. NARASIMMAN

212. SAMPATH 213.TMT.MANGAMMA 214.TMT.KANNAKI

12/19 215.TMT.CHINNAPAPPA 216.TMT.MANJULA

217. CHINNAPAIYYAN 218.TMT.SANGEETHA 219.TMT.KUPPAMMAL

220. PONMANI 221.TMT.SATHYA Petitioner(s) Vs

1. State Of Tamil Nadu Rep By Its Principal Secretary To Government, Environment, Climate Change And Forest Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Principal Chief Conservator Of Forests, Panagalmaaligai, 1, Jeenis Road, Saidapet, Chennai 600 015.

3.The Collector, Krishnagiri District, Krishnagiri.

4.The District Revenue Officer, Krishnagiri.

5.The Conservator Of Forest, Dharmapuri.

13/19 6.The Forest Settlement Officer, Krishnagiri.

7.The District Forest Officer, Mathigiri, Hosur, Krishnagiri District.

8.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Hosur, Krishnagiri District.

9.The Forest Ranger, Hosur, Krishnagiri District.

10.The Settlement Tahsildar, Krishnagiri Taluk, Krishnagiri.

11.The Revenue Tahsildar, Shoolagiri Taluk, Shoolagiri, Krishnagiri.

Respondent(s) PRAYER Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to consider and pass orders on the representation of the petitioners dated 31.01.2022 and 28.03.2025 and issue patta to the petitioners for their respective occupation in S.No.179/2 of Kottayur Village, Shoolagiri Taluk, Krishnagiri District in the light of the letter of the Sub Collector, Hosur in Na.Ka.5444/2019/A2 dated 31.12.2024 to the District Forest Officer, Krishnagiri regarding No Objection Certificate for land conversion into Natham Land from reserve forest.

14/19 For Petitioner(s):

Mr.S.Doraisamy For Respondent(s):

Mr.A.Selvendran Special Government Pleader for R1, R3, R4, R8, R10 & R11 Mr.C.Selvaraj Additional Government Pleader for R2, R5, R7 and R9

ORDER

This writ petition has been filed for issue of writ of mandamus directing the respondents to consider the representation made by the petitioners on 28.03.2025, wherein, the petitioners are seeking for issuance of patta with respect to the subject property.

2.Heard Mr.S.Doraisamy, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners, Mr.A.Selvendran, learned Special Government Pleader appearing on behalf of respondents 1, 3, 4, 8, 10 and 11 and Mr.C.Selvaraj, learned Additional Government Pleader appearing on behalf of respondents 2, 5, 7 and 9.

15/19 3.Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and considering the materials placed before this Court and also taking note of the report that has already been submitted by the Sub Collector, Hosur, dated 31.12.2024, there shall be a direction to the 3 rd respondent to deal with the representation made by the petitioners on 28.03.2025 and pass necessary orders, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order. 4.This writ petition is disposed of with the above directions. No Costs. 25-04-2025 (2/2) Index:Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order Internet:Yes ssr

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17/19 To 1.Principal Secretary To Government, State Of Tamil Nadu Environment, Climate Change And Forest Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Principal Chief Conservator Of Forests, Panagalmaaligai, 1, Jeenis Road, Saidapet, Chennai 600 015.

3.The Collector, Krishnagiri District, Krishnagiri.

4.The District Revenue Officer, Krishnagiri.

5.The Conservator Of Forest, Dharmapuri.

6.The Forest Settlement Officer, Krishnagiri.

7.The District Forest Officer, Mathigiri, Hosur, Krishnagiri District.

8.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Hosur, Krishnagiri District.

9.The Forest Ranger, Hosur, Krishnagiri District.

10.The Settlement Tahsildar, Krishnagiri Taluk, Krishnagiri.

18/19 11.The Revenue Tahsildar, Shoolagiri Taluk, Shoolagiri, Krishnagiri.

19/19 N.ANAND VENKATESH J.

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