Munirathinam v. The State Of Tamil Nadu
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 13.12.2018 CORAM :
THE HON'BLE MRS.V.K.TAHILRAMANI, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.DURAISWAMY W.P. Nos.32807, 32815, 32818, 32827, 32830, 32831, 32898, 32901, 32904, 32907, 32909, 32910, 32913, 32915, 32918, 32920, 32905, 32990, 33002, 33004, 33007, 33010, 33012, 33013, 33018, 33022, 33023, 33044, 33048, 33052, 33054, 33058, 33062, 33045, 33056, 33060, 33065, 33068, 33070, 33084, 33102, 33112, 33120, 33124, 33103 and 33107 of 2018 MUNIRATHINAM .. PETITIONER IN W.P.NO.32807 OF 2018 LAKSHMI ... PETITIONER in WP No.32815 of 2018 RAMA THAYAMMAL ... PETITIONER in WP No.32818 of 2018 MANI ... PETITIONER in WP No.32827 of 2018 NAGENDRAN ... PETITIONER in WP No.32830 of 2018 M.ANNADURAI ... PETITIONER in WP No.32831 of 2018 K.VARADARAJAN ... PETITIONER in WP No.32898 of 2018 S.MOHAN ... PETITIONER in WP No.32901 of 2018 MICHEL SUGITHRA ...
PETITIONER in WP No.32904 of 2018 VASANTHI ... PETITIONER in WP No.32907 of 2018 M.THIRUNAVUKKARASU ... PETITIONER in WP No.32909 of 2018 M.R.SEKAR ... PETITIONER in WP No.32910 of 2018 R.VENUGOPAL ... PETITIONER in WP No.32913 of 2018 E.MUNUSAMY ... PETITIONER in WP No.32915 of 2018 V.NATARAJAN ... PETITIONER in WP No.
NARAYANI ... PETITIONER in WP No.32920 of 2018 P.KUMAR ... PETITIONER in WP No.32905 of 2018 LATHA ... PETITIONER in WP No.32990 of 2018 A.GNANAPRAKASAM ... PETITIONER in WP No.33002 of 2018 K.VASUKI ... PETITIONER in WP No.33004 of 2018 MUTHULAKSHMI ... PETITIONER in WP No.33007 of 2018 E.NATARAJAN ... PETITIONER in WP No.33010 of 2018 PACHAIAMMAL ... PETITIONER in WP No.33012 of 2018 M.MUNUSAMY ... PETITIONER in WP No.33013 of 2018 MARIYAMMAL ... PETITIONER in WP No.33018 of 2018 RAMACHANDRAN ... PETITIONER in WP No.33022 of 2018 R.SHANMUGAM ... PETITIONER in WP No.33023 of 2018 NARAYANAN ... PETITIONER in WP No.33044 of 2018 R.JAYARAMAN ... PETITIONER in WP No.33048 of 2018 I.JOICE ... PETITIONER in WP No.33052 of 2018 ARUMUGAM ... PETITIONER in WP No.33054 of 2018 A.INDRANI ... PETITIONER in WP No.33058 of 2018 RANI ...
PETITIONER in WP No.33062 of 2018 N.HAKEEM ... PETITIONER in WP No.33045 of 2018 K.INDRANI ... PETITIONER in WP No.33056 of 2018 V.MUNUSAMY ... PETITIONER in WP No.33060 of 2018 J.JEEVA ... PETITIONER in WP No.33065 of 2018 RAHAMATHULLAH ... PETITIONER in WP No.33068 of 2018 N.THULASINGAM ... PETITIONER in WP No.33070 of 2018 U.VEERASAMY ... PETITIONER in WP No.
DHEVI BABU ... PETITIONER in WP No.33102 of 2018 SASIKALA ... PETITIONER in WP No.33112 of 2018 ABU HANIFA ... PETITIONER in WP No.33120 of 2018 MR.M.JAGAN ... PETITIONER in WP No.33124 of 2018 M.NIRMALA DEVI ... PETITIONER in WP No.33103 of 2018 SHANTHI ... PETITIONER in WP No.33107 of 2018 -vs1. The State of Tamil Nadu, rep. by its Secretary to Government, Public Works Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.
2. The District Collector, Chennai District.
3. The Junior Engineer, Water Resources Department, Public Works Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, Adyar Basin, St. Thomas Mount, Chennai - 600 016.
4. The Managing Trustee, Sri Ramachandra Education and Medical Trust, No.1, Ramachandra Nagar, Porur, Chennai - 600 116.
5. The Tahsildar, Maduravoyal Taluk, Chennai.
6. The Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board, No.5, Kamarajar Salai, Chennai - 600 005.
.. Respondent in all WPs.
Common Prayer:- Petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issue of Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the records pertaining to the impugned notice dated 17.11.2018 issued by the 3rd respondent to the petitioner and quash the same and direct respondent No.3 to consider the representation dated 24.11.2018 made by the petitioner. For Petitioners in all WPs.
: Mr.A.Gopinath, & Mr.S.Manuraj For Respondents in all WPs.
: Mr.S.Kamalesh Kannan Government Advocate for respondent Nos.1 to 3 and Ms.D.Latha for respondent No.6 : WP.Nos.32807, 32815, 32818, 32827, 32830, 32831, 32898, 2901, 32904, 32907, 32909, 32910, 32913, 32915, 32918, 32920, 32905, 33045, 33056, 33060,33065,33068 & 33070 of 2018 R4 - Given up Mr.S.Prabhu, for Respondent No.6 : 32990, 33002, 33004, 33007, 33010, 33012, 33013, 33018, 33022, 33023, 33044, 33048, 33052, 33054, 33058, 33062, 33084, 33102, 33112, 33120, 33124,33103 and 33107 of 2018 COMMON ORDER (Order of the Court was made by The Hon'ble Chief Justice) At the outset, the learned counsel for the petitioner states that he is giving up respondent no.4 in all these petitions and he has also made an endorsement to the said effect. 2.The petitioners have preferred these writ petitions being aggrieved by the notice dated 17.11.2018 issued by the third respondent under Form-III of the Tamil Nadu Protection of Tank and Eviction of Encroachment Rules, 2007, in relation to survey numbers in the respective area, as mentioned below:
Sl.No.
WP.No.
Survey No.
Village/Taluk 1.
W.P.No.32807/2018 39/1 Chettiyar Agaram Village, Maduravoyal Taluk, Chennai District 2.
W.P.No.32815/2018 39/1 -do3.
W.P.No.32818/2018 39/1 -do4.
W.P.No.32827/2018 39/1 -do5.
W.P.No.32830/2018 79/1A Thundalam, Maduravoyal Taluk, Chennai District 6.
W.P.No.32831/2018 39/1 Chettiyar Agaram Village, Maduravoyal Taluk, Chennai District 7.
W.P.No.32898/2018 39/1 -do8.
W.P.No.32901/2018 39/1 -do9.
W.P.No.32904/2018 79/1A Thundalam, Maduravoyal Taluk, Chennai District 10.
W.P.No.32907/2018 79/1A -do11.
W.P.No.32909/2018 39/1 Chettiyar Agaram Village, Maduravoyal Taluk, Chennai District 12.
W.P.No.32910/2018 39/1 -do13.
W.P.No.32913/2018 79/1A Thundalam, Maduravoyal Taluk, Chennai District 14.
W.P.No.32915/2018 39/1 Chettiyar Agaram Village, Maduravoyal Taluk, Chennai District 15.
W.P.No.32918/2018 39/1 -do16.
W.P.No.32920/2018 Thundalam, Maduravoyal Taluk, Chennai District 17.
W.P.No.32905/2018 -do-
Sl.No.
WP.No.
Survey No.
Village/Taluk 18.
W.P.No.32990/2018 39/1 Chettiyar Agaram Village, Maduravoyal Taluk, Chennai District 19.
W.P.No.33002/2018 39/1 -do20.
W.P.No.33004/2018 39/1 -do21.
W.P.No.33007/2018 39/1 -do22.
W.P.No.33010/2018 39/1 -do23.
W.P.No.33012/2018 Thundalam, Maduravoyal Taluk, Chennai District 24.
W.P.No.33013/2018 39/1 Chettiyar Agaram Village, Maduravoyal Taluk, Chennai District 25.
W.P.No.33018/2018 Thundalam, Maduravoyal Taluk, Chennai District 26.
W.P.No.33022/2018 -do27.
W.P.No.33023/2018 79/1A -do28.
W.P.No.33044/2018 39/1 Chettiyar Agaram Village, Maduravoyal Taluk, Chennai District 29.
W.P.No.33048/2018 79/1A Thundalam, Maduravoyal Taluk, Chennai District 30.
W.P.No.33052/2018 79/1A -do31.
W.P.No.33054/2018 79/1A Thundalam, Maduravoyal Taluk, Chennai District 32.
W.P.No.33058/2018 39/1 Chettiyar Agaram Village, Maduravoyal Taluk, Chennai District 33.
W.P.No.33062/2018 39/1 -do34.
W.P.No.33045/2018 39/1 -do35.
W.P.No.33056/2018 39/1 -do36.
W.P.No.33060/2018 39/1 -do-
Sl.No.
WP.No.
Survey No.
Village/Taluk 37.
W.P.No.33065/2018 39/1 -do38.
W.P.No.33068/2018 39/1 -do39.
W.P.No.33070/2018 39/1 -do40.
W.P.No.33084/2018 39/1 -do41.
W.P.No.33102/2018 Thundalam, Maduravoyal Taluk, Chennai District 42.
W.P.No.33112/2018 39/1 Chettiyar Agaram Village, Maduravoyal Taluk, Chennai District 43.
W.P.No.33120/2018 39/1 -do44.
W.P.No.33124/2018 Thundalam, Maduravoyal Taluk, Chennai District 45.
W.P.No.33103/2018 39/1 Chettiyar Agaram Village, Maduravoyal Taluk, Chennai District 46.
W.P.No.33107/2018 79/1A Thundalam, Maduravoyal Taluk, Chennai District
3. The learned counsel for the petitioners contended that the Tamil Nadu Protection of Tank and Eviction of Encroachment Rules, 2007 contemplates issuance of a notice under Form-II before a notice is issued under Form-III of the said Rules. 4.The learned Government Advocate, on instructions from Thiru. G.Mahendra Kumar, Junior Engineer, Water Resources Department, Public Works Department, Adyar Irrigation Section, St.Thomas Mount, Chennai-16, who is present in Court, admits that no notice was issued to the petitioners under Form-II of the said Rules prior to the notice issued under Form-III. 5.As the Tamil Nadu Protection of Tank and Eviction of Encroachment Rules, 2007 clearly contemplates issuance of notice under Form-II prior to the notice being issued under Form-III, notice under Form-III cannot be allowed to stand. Hence, the
notices dated 17.11.2018 issued under Form-III to the petitioners are quashed. It would be open to the third respondent to proceed hereafter in accordance with law. The writ petitions are allowed in terms aforesaid. No costs. Consequently, all connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.
Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS IV) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar sra To
1. The Secretary to Government, Public Works Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.
2. The District Collector, Chennai District.
3. The Junior Engineer, Water Resources Department, Public Works Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, Adyar Basin, St. Thomas Mount, Chennai - 600 016.
4. The Tahsildar, Maduravoyal Taluk, Chennai.
5. The Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board, No.5, Kamarajar Salai, Chennai - 600 005.
+44ccs to Mr.A.Gopinath, Advocate, S.R.No.86779, 86800, 86799, 86798, 86789, 86791, 86780, 86649, 86795, 86794, 86797, 86796, 86786, 86784, 86781, 86788, 86790, 86782, 86785, 86787, 86594, 86595, 86596, 86597, 86598, 86599, 86644, 86600, 86601, 86602, 86603, 86650, 86652, 86653, 86645, 86646, 86647, 86648, 86639, 86640, 86642, 86643, 86783 & 86641
+20ccs to Ms.D.Latha, Advocate, S.R.No.86524, 86523, 86533, 86532, 86528, 86543, 86541, 86538, 86537, 86536, 86535, 86534, 86539, 86529, 86522, 86525,86526, 86527, 86540 & 86542. +1ccs to Ms.D.Latha, Advocate, S.R.No.86530(28/02/2019) +1cc to the Government Pleader, S.R.No.87399, 87398, 87400, 87406, 87401, 87403, 87407, 87404, 87392 & 87405. W.P.Nos.32807,32815, 32818, 32827, 32830, 32831, 32898, 32901, 32904, 32907, 32909, 32910, 32913, 32915, 32918, 32920, 32905, 32990, 33002, 33004, 33007, 33010, 33012, 33013, 33018, 33022, 33023, 33044, 33048, 33052, 33054, 33058, 33062, 33045, 33056, 33060, 33065, 33068, 33070, 33084, 33102, 33112, 33120, 33124, 33103 and 33107 of 2018 BR(CO) GSP/30/0/2019