K.Senthil Kumar v. The Principal Secretary To Government Of Tamil Nadu

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 11.08.2025

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.ARUL MURUGAN and W.M.P.(MD) Nos.15743 of 2020, 18037 of 2021 & 18706 of 2024 K.Senthil Kumar ... Petitioner -vs1.The Principal Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu Department of Revenue & Disaster Management Secretariat, Chennai 2.The Principal Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu Public Works Department Secretariat, Chennai 3.The Principal Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu Department of Highways Secretariat, Chennai 4.The Principal Secretary to

Government of Tamil Nadu Department of Law Secretariat, Chennai 5.The District Collector Pudukkottai 6.The District Revenue Officer Pudukkottai 7.The Revenue Divisional Officer Illupur Post, Pudukkottai 8.The Tahsildar Kulathur Taluk Pudukkottai District 9.The Block Development Officer Office of the Panchayat Union Annavasal Post Illupur Taluk, Pudukkottai District 10.Chandra 11.Sekar 12.Chidambaram @ Subbiah ... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondents 1 to 4 to ensure that the Government property is being protected by special enactment curbing the Land Grabbing Act by way of special enactment and further direct the respondents 5 to 9 to evict the encroachment made by the respondents 10 to

12 in Survey No.414, 415, 416 and 296 of Vellanur Village, Kulathur Taluk, Pudukkottai District.

For Petitioner :

Mr.P.Ganapathi Subramanian For Respondents :

Mr.P.Thilakkumar Government Pleader for R1 to R9 No appearance for R10 to R12

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.] The grievance of the petitioner is that the authorities concerned have not initiated action for removal of encroachments in the subject land.

2. Learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents 1 to 9, on instructions, submitted a survey has already been conducted and notice under Section 7 of the Tamil Nadu Land Encroachment Act, 1905, was issued to the encroachers. After affording an opportunity to the encroachers, final notice under Section 6 of the said Act also issued to the encroachers. Thus, the authorities will complete the enforcement action.

3. In view of the above submission, the official respondents are

directed to complete the enforcement action and remove the encroachments by following the procedures as contemplated, within a period of twelve weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

4. With the above observation, this writ petition is disposed of. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed. [S.M.S., J.] [G.A.M., J.] 11.08.2025 NCC :

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1.The Principal Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Department of Revenue & Disaster Management, Secretariat, Chennai.

2.The Principal Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Public Works Department, Secretariat, Chennai.

3.The Principal Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Department of Highways, Secretariat, Chennai.

4.The Principal Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Department of Law, Secretariat, Chennai.

5.The District Collector, Pudukkottai.

6.The District Revenue Officer, Pudukkottai.

7.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Illupur Post, Pudukkottai.

8.The Tahsildar, Kulathur Taluk, Pudukkottai District.

9.The Block Development Officer, Office of the Panchayat Union, Annavasal Post, Illupur Taluk, Pudukkottai District.

S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.

and G.ARUL MURUGAN , J.

krk and W.M.P.(MD) Nos.15743 of 2020, 18037 of 2021 & 18706 of 2024 11.08.2025