the petitioner's uncle's siblings were assigned patta for the lands comprised in S.No.75/2, 75/3 his father's land comprised in the adjacent Survey No.75/4 was kept in “held over” list since the petitioner's family moved to Chennai. When the petitioner came to know about the facts, he made attempts to get patta from the year 2000 for the aforesaid survey numbers. Hence, he had sent many representations to the District Revenue Authorities, but the same was not considered by the respondents. After his retirement in the year 2010, the petitioner got settled in his ancestral village namely Kovalam and started to construct two thatched huts and got electricity connection and also paying land tax from the year 2003. Meanwhile, some third parties by using fabricated documents in the name of the petitioner and without his knowledge tried to trespass into the huts and forcibly tried to evict the petitioner's brother and sister. After th intervention of the Kovalam Police, the 9th respondent herein, issue was given a quietus and the complaint is pending before the Kovalam Police Station. In February, 2021, the Tamil Nadu Government has decided to settle the patta disputes that are pending for more than 25 years for residents who are living in non-objectionable lands which are classified as “Natham” in Government records. Therefore, he sent a representation dated 07.07.2021 attaching all the tax receipts, EB cards and Aadhar card to substantiate his claim along with the residence verification furnished by the Village President and the Village Administrative Officer. The petitioner has sent many representations to the Tamil Nadu Chief Ministers grievance redressal cell and submitted a representation to the newly launched campaign titled 'Ungal Thogithiyil Stalin', till date, no action has been taken by the authorities/respondents. Hence the petitioner has no other alternative remedy except to approach this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Hence, the writ petition is filed.
