2.Aggrieved, the petitioner has filed a suit in O.S.No.141/2017 before the Waqf Tribunal, Tirunelveli, to declare the revision of rent as null and void. The suit was transferred to the file of Waqf Tribunal, Chennai, in O.S.No.272 of 2019 and it was dismissed for non-prosecution on 30.11.2023. The petitioner is taking steps to restore the suit. Pending the suit, the second respondent filed an application before the first respondent / Estate Officer under the Tamil Nadu Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1975, wherein, the first respondent has issued a notice on 08.03.2023 and passed the impugned order dated 28.12.2023, directing the petitioner to vacate the premises within one month. Challenging the same, the petitioner has filed an appeal before the District Court, Tirunelveli, in A.S.SR.No.1724 of 2024 on 22.01.2024 along with an interim application and the same are yet to be numbered. Since the respondents are attempting to evict the petitioner from the subject premises, the petitioner has filed this writ petition for a mandamus restraining the respondents from taking any action to evict the petitioner based on the order dated 28.12.2023.
