Dismissed
K.P.Selvam v. the District Collector
Madras HCWP(MD)/14779/2018
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The Madras High Court examined a writ petition challenging an eviction order for alleged encroachment without prior notice under Section 7 of the Land Encroachment Act, 1905. The court dismissed the petition, finding the petitioner had no connection to the specific land cited in the notice, though it directed that an application to measure his own land be considered separately.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition was dismissed; the impugned order was held to be in order despite the lack of Section 7 notice because the petitioner had no connection to the encroached land.