M.Raj Mohamed v. The Govt. Of Tamil Nadu

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 27.08.2024

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.VELMURUGAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.K.RAMAKRISHNAN and C.M.P(MD)Nos.7724 & 7726 of 2018 M.Raj Mohamed ...Appellant in W.A.(MD)No.1079 of 2018 R.Seetharaman ...Appellant in W.A.(MD)No.1081 of 2018 vs.

1.The Government of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by its Secretary to Government, Highways Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Revenue Officer, Trichy District, Trichy.

3.The Tahsildar (Land Acquisition) Lalgudi, Trichy District 4.The Executive Officer, Arulmighu Saptharishwarar Thirukovil Lalgudi, Trichy District.

... Respondents in both appeals

Common Prayer: Writ Appeals filed under filed under Clause 15 of Letters Patent Act to set aside the order dated 01.03.2018 in W.P. (MD)Nos.13369 & 13376 of 2015 on the file of this Court and to allow the appeals.

In both appeals, For Appellant :

Mr.R.Kannan For Respondents :

Mr.M.Sarangan Additional Government Pleader for R1 to R3 Mr.V.Chandrasekar for R4 COMMON JUDGMENT (Judgment of the Court was delivered by P.VELMURUGAN, J.) Though the appellants have challenged the Act itself in the writ petitions, pending the writ appeals, the matter was settled by the Honourable Supreme Court of India in the case of Mohan Rov and others v. State of Tamil Nadu and others reported in (2022) 12 SCC

696. Challenging the order of the learned Single Judge, a batch of writ appeals were filed and they were disposed of on the same lines of the judgment of the Honourable Supreme Court.

2. In view of the same, nothing survives in these writ appeals and accordingly, both the writ appeals are also dismissed as infructuous. However, the appellants are at liberty to work out their remedy in the manner known to law. No costs. Consequently, the connected Civil Miscellaneous Petitions are dismissed.

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To 1.The Secretary to Government, Highways Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Revenue Officer, Trichy District, Trichy.

3.The Tahsildar (Land Acquisition) Lalgudi, Trichy District

P.VELMURUGAN ,J.

and K.K.RAMAKRISHNAN,J.

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