25 In the result, the writ petitions are partly allowed and the impugned notices issued under sections 7 and 6 of the Tamil Nadu Land Encroachment Act, 1905, dated 09.02.2018 and 28.03.2018 respondents 6 and 4 respectively are set aside and the 4th respondent is granted liberty to proceed under the provisions of the Tamil Nadu Land Encroachment Act, 1905, and is also at liberty to issue notices u/s.7 of the said Act, to the petitioners within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and upon receipt of the same, the petitioners are at liberty to submit their representations with relevant and authenticated documents within a further period of three weeks thereafter and upon receipt of such representations from the petitioner, the 4th respondent is at liberty to proceed further in terms of the said Act in accordance with law and communicate the decision taken, to the petitioners as expeditiously as possible and till such time, the 4th respondent shall defer further decision as to the dispossession of the petitioners from the sites and superstructures in question and it is made clear that the petitioners, till the disposal of the representations to be submitted by them, by the 4th respondent herein, shall not create any third party rights in respect of the sites and superstructures in question and shall not alter the physical features also. No costs. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.
