Sakthivel , v. The State of TamilNadu
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, WP No. 19351 of 2022, decided 25-10-2025 (2025:MHC:2673); maintainability of writ petition against call letter/notice under Section 7(2) Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act, 1997; writ against notice not entertainable absent lack of jurisdiction or mala fides; CPCL land acquisition, Nagapattinam; notice rendered irrelevant after conclusion of acquisition proceedings and partial dispossession; liberty to agitate in pending proceedings; dismissed, no costs; certiorarified mandamus; open market value before Section 7(2) enquiry refused.
What did the court decide?
No writ petition is entertainable against a call letter/notice issued under Section 7(2) of the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act, 1997; such a writ can be entertained only if the notice is issued by an incompetent authority having no jurisdiction or is tainted with allegation of mala fides.