Balakrishnan I v. The Principal Secretary To Tamilnadu Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 09.03.2023

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.SUBRAMANIAN and THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE L.VICTORIA GOWRI and W.M.P.(MD) No.4722 of 2023 I.Balakrishnan ... Petitioner -vs1.The Principal Secretary to Tamilnadu Government Revenue and Disaster Management Department Secretariat, Fort St.George Chennai 2.The Commissioner of Land Administration Ezhilagam, Chepauk, Chennai 3.The District Collector Ramanathapuram District Ramanathapuram 4.The Revenue Divisional Officer Ramanathapuram

5.The Thasildar Ramanathapuram Taluk Ramanathapuram 6.The District Registrar of Registration Department Ramanathapuram District Ramanathapuram 7.The Sub-Registrar Rameshwaram Registration Office Rameshwaram, Ramanathapuram District 8.The Inspector of Police Mandapam Police Station Ramanathapuram District 9.R.B.K.Rajeswari Nachiyar 10.V.V.Ravichandran 11.R.Guruprasad ... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of declaration declaring that the property in S.No.17/2 to the extent of 11 Acre and 84 cents in Paulkulam Village, Sathakonvalasai Revenue Village, Ramanathapuram Taluk & District is belongs to State Government and meant for public purpose and consequently direct the respondents 1 to 5 to restore the revenue records of said land as stood earlier in the SLR and further direct the respondent no.6 & 7 to cancel all the registration entries entered by way of coercive encumbrance in respect of said Government public land.

For Petitioner :

Mr.R.Gowrishankar For Respondents :

Mr.P.Thilakkumar Government Pleader for R1 to R8

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by R.SUBRAMANIAN, J.] The petitioner wants to nullify the decree of a Civil Court passed in the year 2008 by way of this public interest litigation. We find that this is an abuse of process of law. Hence, this writ petition is dismissed. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed. [R.S.M., J.] [L.V.G., J.] 09.03.2023 NCC :

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To:

1.The Principal Secretary to Tamilnadu Government, Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai.

2.The Commissioner of Land Administration, Ezhilagam, Chepauk, Chennai.

3.The District Collector, Ramanathapuram District, Ramanathapuram.

4.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Ramanathapuram.

5.The Thasildar, Ramanathapuram Taluk, Ramanathapuram.

6.The District Registrar of Registration Department, Ramanathapuram District, Ramanathapuram.

7.The Sub-Registrar, Rameshwaram Registration Office, Rameshwaram, Ramanathapuram District.

8.The Inspector of Police, Mandapam Police Station, Ramanathapuram District.

R.SUBRAMANIAN , J.

and L.VICTORIA GOWRI , J.

krk and W.M.P.(MD) No.4722 of 2023 09.03.2023