The petitioner has come up with this Writ Petition seeking a direction to the 2nd respondent herein to consider his representation dated 24.03.2016 and conduct an enquiry.
2. According to the petitioner, he was allotted an extent of 0.83 acre of land in S.No.223/7 and 0.97 acre of land in S.No.224/4 in Pethasamuthiram Village, Kallakurichi Taluk, Villupuram District, by the Government of Tamil Nadu. Since then, the petitioner is in possession and enjoyment of the property. In order to have a separate patta for his assigned land, the petitioner applied to the Tahsildar, Kallakurichi Taluk and requested him to issue a separate patta for the above lands. The Tahsildar, instead of issuing a separate patta for the above mentioned assigned land, passed an order on 05.05.1998, in which, he has divided the petitioner's lands, which comes under other survey numbers and included other persons' name in the patta not connected to his family.
3. The case of the petitioner is that the above mentioned assigned lands completely belongs to him even as per the Settlement Register and hence, he sent a representation to the 1st and 2nd respondents on 24.03.2016 seeking to consider his grievance. Since no action is taken on his representation, the petitioner is before this Court.
4. Heard the learned counsel on either side and perused the material documents available on record.
5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and without going into the merits of the case, this Court directs the respondents to consider the petitioner's representation dated 24.03.2016 on merits and in accordance with law and pass appropriate orders within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.
This Writ Petition is disposed of with the above direction. No costs.