petition Nos.8897 and 8899 of 1983 etc, which were filed by some of the original tenure-holders of the suit land on several grounds. The fourth respondent further submits that with regard to averments made in paragraph No.12, he submits that the petitioners' vendor filed writ petition No.6108 of 2009 for the quashing of the Notification dated 15.05.1978, issued under Section 4 of the Act, pertaining to the land that comprised 9 survey numbers, including the suit land contending that the declaration under Section 6 had been quashed and no fresh declaration was subsequently issued. The proceedings therefore, automatically lapsed as there could be no award without a fresh declaration, and therefore, all subsequent proceedings would be void ab-initio. Another writ petition No.20896 of 2009 was also filed seeking totally inconsistent / contrary reliefs i.e., praying for the quashing of the letter No.LA1(4)/37549/05, dated 07.07.205 and also for the issuance of directions to re-convey the suit land in favour of the appellants. A learned Single Judge, vide judgment and order dated 01.11.2010 allowed both writ petitions, observing that as the Section 6 declaration had been quashed and no fresh declaration was issued thereafter, the land acquisition proceedings had lapsed and the suit land was hence, free from any and all acquisition proceedings. Being aggrieved, the Tamil Nadu Housing Board the respondents, then filed writ appeals in W.A.Nos.805 and 806 of 2011, which were allowed vide impugned judgment and order dated 24.01.2012, reversing the judgment and order of the learned Single Judge. The petitioners' vendor Thiru.V.Chandrasekaran and another have filed S.L.P. in Civil Appeal Nos.6342 and 6343 of 2012. The Hon'ble Supreme Court by order dated 18.09.2012 has dismissed the SLPs with cost of Rs.25 lakhs, which the appellants are directed to deposit with the Supreme Court Legal Services Authority within a period of six weeks in terms of signed reportable judgment.
