respondent, it reveals that originally the land was owned by the said T.S.Ramachandran and he filed a Return under Section 7(1) of the Act in respect of the land comprised in S.No.1292, measuring an extent of 1.81 acres of Kundrathur Village. Since the land was agricultural land, the Competent Authority issued an endorsement that the land did not attract the said Act, vide his letter No.R.Dis.No.2723/1994/A, dated 21.09.1994. Thereafter, the Competent Authority under the said Act at Kundrathur had inspected the subject property on 10.02.1998 and reported that the land was laid out into house plot and the Urban Land Owner had not filed any Return under Section 7(1) of the Act. Therefore, the notice under Section 7(2) of the Act was issued in the name of one T.S.Sambandha Mudaliar of Kundrathur Village as per the Revenue Records. Since the Urban Land Owner did not respond, further action under Sections 9 to 11 of the Act, was proceeded. The fifth respondent inspected the land on 04.06.1998 and found that the land has been converted into urban land and it was laid out into house plots. Hence, an extent of 6800 sq.mts, was declared as “excess vacant land” after allowing 500 sq.mts towards entitlement in favour of the land owner. The final statement under Section 10(1) of the Act was issued on 12.11.1998 and the same was served by way of affixture on 18.11.1998. The notice under Section 11(1) of the Act was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette No.2, dated 13.01.1999. The Notification under Section 11(3) of the Act was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette No.13, dated 07.04.1999 declaring that the “excess vacant land” was deemed to have been vested with the Government with effect from 30.09.1999. Thereafter, the notice under Section 11(5) of the Act was issued on 09.04.1999 for surrendering possession of the “excess vacant land”. Subsequently, the possession of the “excess vacant land” was handed over to the Firka Revenue Inspector, Kundrathur on 03.06.1999. Subsequently, the petitioner purchased the subject property from the above excess vacant land, vide Document No.2125 of 2009 and filed this Writ Petition. Though the petitioner is a subsequent purchaser of the acquired land, he constructed house and he is living there.
