The Spl.Tahsildar (La) v. Vadivammbal
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, AS No. 488 of 2002, decided 07-04-2026 by K.KUMARESH BABU, J. First Appeal by the Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition), Adi Dravidar Welfare Department, Madurantakam, under Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act, seeking to set aside the judgment and decree dated 30.04.1996 of the learned Additional Subordinate Judge, Chengalpattu, in LAOP No.34 of 1994. The sole respondent (Vadivammbal) died; the CMPs for substitution of legal heirs were dismissed on 22.07.2013; the Court held the appeal suit abated and dismissed it as abated with no order as to costs. No precedents cited; no quantum adjudicated.
What did the court decide?
The Appeal suit had become abated in view of the death of the sole respondent, as the miscellaneous petitions for substitution of the legal heirs had been dismissed as early as on 22.07.2013.