Madras High CourtWP/45595/2025disposed of

T.Seenu v. The Tahsildar

2025-11-28Honourable Mr Justice N. Anand Venkatesh23 pages

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 28-11-2025

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE N. ANAND VENKATESH WP Nos. 45595, 45603, 45669, 45766, 45821, 45848, 46242, 46249, 46253, 46268 and 46582 of 2025 and WMP Nos. 51572, 51578, 51583 and 51609 WP No. 45595 of 2025 T.Seenu Petitioner(s) Vs The Tahsildar Vembakkam Taluk, Tiruvannamalai District Respondent(s) PRAYER Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondent herein to consider petitioner's Application No.2025/N105/06/633889 dated 13.10.2025 sent for issuance of separate patta in petitioner's name in respect of his lands measuring

2/23 1980 sq.ft in Survey No.19A1, Kuranganilmuttam Village, Vembakkam Taluk, Tiruvannamalai district within a stipulated period fixed by this Court. For Petitioner(s):

Mr.K. Govi Ganesan For Respondent(s):

Mr.P.Ganesan Government Advocate WP No. 45603 of 2025 MYTHILI Petitioner(s) Vs

1. The District Revenue Officer Kancheepuram.

2.The Revenue Divisional Officer Sriperumputhur Division, Kancheepuram District.

3.The Tashildhar Kundrathur Taluk, Kundrathur, Kancheepuram District.

Respondent(s) PRAYER Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for

3/23 issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to mutate the revenue records and thereby issue computerized online patta in favour of the petitioner in respect of Old Survey Np.4/1, New Survey No.4/1A part totaling 9387sq.ft as per the title deed in favour of petitioner under Document No.23416/2021 and 23417/2021 registered in the office of the SRO, Kundrathur.

For Petitioner(s):

Mr.N.Suresh For Respondent(s):

Mr.C.Jayaprakash Government Advocate WP No. 45669 of 2025 RAMACHANDRAN Petitioner(s) Vs

1. The District Collector District Collectorate Office, Vellore District 2.The District Revenue Officer DRO Office, Collectorate Office,

4/23 Sathuvacharry, Vellore District 3.The Revenue Divisional Officer RDO Office, Collectorate Office, Sathuvacharry, Vellore District 4.The Tahsildar Taluk Office, Anaicut Taluk, Vellore District 5.The Land Surveyor Tahsildar Office, Anaicut Taluk, Vellore District 6.The Village Administrative Officer Anaicut Revenue Village, Anaicut Taluk, Vellore District 7.KARTHIKEYAN 8.ELAYAKUMAR Respondent(s) PRAYER Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the 4th respondent to consider and to pass appropriate orders based on petitioner's representations dated 23.5.2025, 3.11.2025 and 12.11.2025 requesting to issue individual patta to petitioner's Natham land comprised in survey Nos.199B/19A2, 199B/19A3 and 199B/19A4 situate at Anaicut Revenue Village, Anaicut Taluk, Vellore District admeasuring an extent of 0.07 1⁄4 cents, 0.02 1⁄4 cents and 0.07 1⁄4 respectively, as

5/23 per the revenue records, within the time frame to be fixed by this Court. For Petitioner(s):

Mr.D.Thirumoorthy For Respondent:

Mr.D.Ravichander Special Government Pleader for R1 to R5 WP No. 45766 of 2025 PARIMALA Petitioner(s) Vs

1. The District Revenue Officer District Revenue Office, Cuddalore 607 001 2.The Revenue Divisional Officer Virudhachalam Revenue Divisional Office, Cuddalore 606 001 3.The Tahsildar Veppur Taluk Office, Veppur Taluk, Cuddalore District 606 304 4.The Deputy Survey Inspector Veppur Taluk Office, Veppur Taluk, Cuddalore District 606 304 5.RAMAMOORTHI

6/23 6.LAKSHMIKUMAR 7.R. Purushothaman, Respondent(s) PRAYER Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the 3rd and 4th respondent to implement the order of the 1st Respondent dated 31.05.2018 by measuring the land bearing Survey No.19/3A3 (Patta No.453) having extent of 0-10.66 Ares (0.27 cent) situated at A.Marur Village, Veppur Taluk, Cuddalore District and allot separate patta by considering petitioner representation dated 08.10.2025. For Petitioner(s):

Mr.Prabhu C.

For Respondent(s):

Mr.C.Jayaprakash Government Advocate for R1 to R4 WP No. 45821 of 2025 D.Selvarani Petitioner(s) Vs

1. The Revenue Divisional Officer

7/23 Vriddhachalam, Cuddalore District.

2.The Tahsildar, Tittakudi Taluk, Cudalore District.

3.Karuppiah 4.Sekar 5.Annadurai 6.Karunanidhi Respondent(s) PRAYER Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing respondents 1 and 2 to consider and act upon the petitioner's representation dated 25/08/2025 for sub-division of the property situated in survey No.223/1, in Tittakudi Circle, Kamudhur Madura, Aryanachi Village, Virudhachalam and issuance of exclusive patta for her purchased 0.08 cents, as per civil court decrees. For Petitioner(s):

Mr.T.Dharani For Respondent(S):

Mr.S.Arumugam Government Advocate for R1 and R2 WP No. 45848 of 2025

8/23 R.Ramachandran Petitioner(s) Vs

1. The District Collector District Collectors Office, Salem 1.

2.The District Revenue Officer District Collectors Campus, Salem District, Salem 1.

3.The Tahsildar Subramaniya Nagar, Salem (West), Salem 5, Respondent(s) PRAYER Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the 3rd respondent to consider the representation dated 23.10.2025 and to issue patta in the name for the land to an extent of 832 Sq.ft. situated in Old Natham Survey No.65/2 and New Survey No.123/23 situated at Thirumalai Giri Village, Salem West Taluk, Salem District.

For Petitioner(s):

Ms.A.Vinupradha

9/23 For Respondent:

Mr.D.Ravichander Special Government Pleader for R1 to R3 WP No. 46242 of 2025 S.Thirumurthy Inbaraj Petitioner(s) Vs The Tahsildar, Cheyyur Taluk,Chengalpattu District.

Respondent(s) PRAYER Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents herein to consider the application dated 24.05.2025, submitted by the petitioner herein, seeking for sub division of the survey numbers and for grant of separate patta and pass orders in accordance with law, within a time frame to be stipulated by this Court.

For Petitioner(s):

Mr.W.M.Abdul Azeez For Respondent(s):

Mr.D.Ravichander

10/23 Special Government Pleader WP No. 46249 of 2025 S.Thirumugaramaraj Petitioner(s) Vs

1. The Tahsildar, Cheyyur Taluk, Chengalpattu District.

Mr.W.M.Abdul Azeez For Respondent(s):

Mr.D.Ravichander Special Government Pleader

11/23 WP No. 46253 of 2025 P.Thiruvaruldevi Petitioner(s) Vs The Tahsildar, Cheyyur Taluk, Chengalpattu District.

Mr.W.M.Abdul Azeez For Respondent(s):

Mr.D.Ravichander Special Government Pleader

12/23 WP No. 46268 of 2025 S.Ezhilraj Petitioner(s) Vs The Tahsildar, Cheyyur Taluk, Chengalpattu District.

Mr.W.M.Abdul Azeez For Respondent(s):

Mr.D.Ravichander Special Government Pleader WP No. 46582 of 2025

13/23 J.Chandran Petitioner(s) Vs

1. The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. By Principal Secretary To Government, Fort St. George, Secretariat Chennai-600 009 2.The Commissioner Of Land Administration Land Administration Department, Government Of Tamil Nadu, 2nd Floor, Ezhilagam, Chennai-600005 3.The District Collector Chennai District, Rajaji Salai, Chennai-600 001 4.The Revenue Divisional Officer Revenue Divisional Office, Guindy, Chennai-600 032 5.The Tahsildhar Velacherry Taluk, Velacherry, Chennai-600 042 6.The Allottee Service Manager Tamil Nadu Housing Board, Besant Nagar Division, Dr. Muthulakshmi Salai, Adayar, Chennai 600 020 Respondent(s)

14/23 PRAYER Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents 3 to 6 to issue patta in the name of petitioner and make correct entries in the revenue records of his house property in S.No.64/Part , to an extent of 2234 Sq. ft, situated at No.27, Raj Bhavan Colony, T.S. No.3, Part, Block 18, Velacherry, Chennai-600 042 based on the registered sale deed dated 14.07.2004 vide Doc No.3537/2004. For Petitioner(s):

Mr.M.R. Jothimanian For Respondent(s):

Mr.D.Ravichander Special Government Pleader

ORDER

All these writ petitions have been filed for a direction to the Tahsildar to deal with the online applications submitted by the petitioners, wherein, the petitioners are seeking for issuance of pattas/sub division pattas/transfer of pattas after conducting survey.

2.Heard the learned counsel appearing on either side.

15/23 3.In all these cases, the petitioners are relying upon certain title documents and also the earlier patta that was issued in the name of the predecessor in title or in the name of their family members. In some of the cases, except for the title documents, no patta is available. Under such circumstances, online applications has been submitted by the respective petitioners seeking for issuance of pattas/sub division pattas/transfer of pattas. 4.Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and without going into the merits of this case, there shall be a direction to the concerned Tahsildar to deal with the online applications on its own merits and in accordance with law after affording an opportunity to all interested parties and pass final orders, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order.

5.This order will apply only to those cases where online applications has been made seeking for issuance of patta/sub division of patta/transfer of patta.

16/23 Even representation can be considered wherever such direction has been issued by the Collector to the Tahsildar when such applications have been submitted to the concerned District Collector during the Public Grievance Day. 6.The above order will not apply in cases where Civil Suits are pending between the parties and in such cases, it is left open to the Tahsildar to intimate the parties to workout their remedy before the Civil Court and depending upon the result of the case, to approach the Revenue Department seeking for issuance of pattas/sub division pattas/transfer of pattas. 7.All these writ petitions are disposed of in the above terms. No Costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitioners are closed. 28-11-2025

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18/23 To 1.The Tahsildar Vembakkam Taluk Tiruvannamalai District 2.The District Revenue Officer Kancheepuram.

3.The Revenue Divisional Officer Sriperumputhur Division, Kancheepuram District. 4.The Tashildhar Kundrathur Taluk, Kundrathur, Kancheepuram District. 5.The District Collector District Collectorate Office, Vellore District 6.The District Revenue Officer DRO Office, Collectorate Office, Sathuvacharry, Vellore District 7.The Revenue Divisional Officer RDO Office, Collectorate Office, Sathuvacharry, Vellore District 8.The Tahsildar Taluk Office, Anaicut Taluk, Vellore District

19/23 9.The Land Surveyor Tahsildar Office, Anaicut Taluk, Vellore District 10.The Village Administrative Officer Anaicut Revenue Village, Anaicut Taluk, Vellore District

11. The District Revenue Officer District Revenue Office, Cuddalore 607 001 12.The Revenue Divisional Officer Virudhachalam Revenue Divisional Office, Cuddalore 606 001 13.The Tahsildar Veppur Taluk Office, Veppur Taluk, Cuddalore District 606 304 14.The Deputy Survey Inspector Veppur Taluk Office, Veppur Taluk, Cuddalore District 606 304

15. The Revenue Divisional Officer Vriddhachalam, Cuddalore District.

16.The Tahsildar, Tittakudi Taluk, Cudalore District.

17. The District Collector District Collectors Office, Salem 1.

20/23 18.The District Revenue Officer District Collectors Campus, Salem District, Salem 1. 19.The Tahsildar Subramaniya Nagar, Salem (West), Salem 5, 20.The Tahsildar, Cheyyur Taluk,Chengalpattu District.

21. The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. By Principal Secretary To Government, Fort St. George, Secretariat Chennai-600 009 22.The Commissioner Of Land Administration Land Administration Department, Government Of Tamil Nadu, 2nd Floor, Ezhilagam, Chennai-600005 23.The District Collector Chennai District, Rajaji Salai, Chennai-600 001 24.The Revenue Divisional Officer Revenue Divisional Office, Guindy, Chennai-600 032 25.The Tahsildhar Velacherry Taluk, Velacherry, Chennai-600 042 26.The Allottee Service Manager Tamil Nadu Housing Board, Besant Nagar Division, Dr. Muthulakshmi Salai, Adayar, Chennai 600 020

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22/23 N.ANAND VENKATESH J.

ssr WP Nos. 45595, 45603, 45669, 45766, 45821, 45848, 46242, 46249, 46253, 46268 and 46582 of 2025 and WMP Nos. 51572, 51578, 51583 and 51609

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