Maimuna Bi v. the District Collector
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, single Judge (N. Anand Venkatesh, J.), 05.03.2025, dismissed W.P.No.20480 of 2023 (connected W.M.P.No.33928 of 2024) refusing a mandamus under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to stop land acquisition activities over Ayan Punja S.Nos. 241/1 and 242/2, Udaiyanachi Village Colony, Kongarayapalayam Post, Kallakurichi, based on the petitioners' representation dated 01.06.2023. Acquisition traced to 1995 (deposit on 17.03.1995; pattas to 86 persons on 18.05.1995); written instructions of the Special Tahsildhar showed 86 computerized pattas issued, possession handed over and 15 houses constructed; hence no scope for relief. Petition dismissed, miscellaneous petition closed, no costs. Keywords: land acquisition completed, patta, possession, mandamus, Kallakurichi, writ petition dismissed.
What did the court decide?
In view of the development that 86 computerized pattas had already been issued in the names of 86 individuals, possession had been handed over, and 15 houses had been constructed after handing over of possession, the Court held there was no scope to grant the relief sought in the writ petition.