Kalaichelvi v. The District Collector
Case brief
What is this about?
WA No. 2801 of 2023, High Court of Judicature at Madras, decided 29-01-2026 (Neutral Citation 2026:MHC:433), bench S.M. Subramaniam & C. Kumarappan JJ. Search terms: Tharisu land assignment; conditional assignment for cultivation; Revenue Standing Orders cancellation procedure; alternate land assignment; Village Panchayat pond / Anna Marumalarchi Scheme; ex-serviceman's widow; family pension; assignee slept over her right / acquiescence; technical ground of absent cancellation order; futility of remand; land utilised for public purpose. Outcome: writ order dated 23.02.2022 in WP.No.28527 of 2012 (rejecting the appellant's alternate-assignment claim) confirmed; writ appeal dismissed, no costs; connected miscellaneous petitions closed. No precedent cases cited in the judgment.
What did the court decide?
The appellant, who remained silent for more than six years while the Panchayat converted the assigned land into a pond for the common benefit of the villagers, and who never cultivated the land, would not acquire any absolute right to secure an alternate assignment by her belated application.