by following provisions contemplated under the Tamil Nadu Patta Pass Book Act, 1983. For issue of patta pass book, an enquiry is to be conducted by the competent authority. For conducting an enquiry, the parties are bound to submit the documents establishing their ownership. As per the provisions of the Act, owner of the immovable property alone is entitled to get patta. In event of any dispute, then the parties are bound to approach the competent Civil Court of law for resolving the dispute. The Revenue Authorities are incompetent to adjudicate the civil disputes between the parties regarding title or ownership nor in the event of establishing clear title/ownership, the Revenue Authorities are bound to consider the application seeking patta by following the procedures contemplated under the Tamil Nadu Patta Pass Book Act. This being the procedures to be followed, mere direction to consider the representation would not provide any relief to the petitioner and even for issuing such a direction, the petitioner has to establish his legal right. This apart, the representation submitted by the petitioner on 19.03.2020 and 28.04.2020 were already considered and the 2nd respondent Revenue Tahsildar issuing proceedings dated 30.07.2020 directing the petitioners to submit a fresh application along with all the documents.
