Madras High Court. File | Photo Credit: M. Srinath
The Madras High Court has limited the Cuddalore district administration from the eviction of farmers who occupy the extent of government land and perform agricultural operations for a long time until the Minister of income relieves the Act on the Act on Tamil Nadu Act of 1905.
The Bench of the third division of M. Sundar and Hemant Chandangoudar noted the submission of the general defense attorney of addtional J. Ravindran that the action would be destroyed within 20 days and ordered the coercive measures, if existed, to be presented in legal revision.
Furthermore, he stated that the orders to be taken by the Minister of Income must be delivered to farmers within five working days, the bench must be ordered that even these orders, if they were for eviction, must be left for 10 days to allow farmers to seek court review.
“We make it clear that we do not express any opinion or opinion on the ongoing revision of AO of the same decision R1 (Minister of Revenue) on their own merit and in accordance with the law unlimited by this order,” said the bench led by Judge Sundar. The orders were handed over to a written petition filed together 22 farmers.
Their advisor R. Thiroorty told the court that the petitioners were in the occupation of land, classified as Tharisu (waste land) in records of income, in Malayadikoupam, Krobalayam and Pethangrouppam for several decades and cultivated CHESHEW, Coconut, Palm, Palm, Palm.
Their request for Patty (land ownership document) awaited the district administration for several years. In December 2024, the Cuddalore Tahsildar took steps to evict the petitioners by inserting the notification pursuant to Section 7 of the Land Act in the Office of the Administrative Officer of the Villacharai village.
Immediately, the petitioners preferred the appeal to the collector under Section 10 of the Act and turned to the High Court against the coercive proceedings. 5th February 2025, a bench composed of Justices Sundar and K. Govindarajan Thilakavadi remained eviction until the liquidation of the statutory appeal.
Mr. Thiroorty said that the collector refused the statutory appeal on June 6, 2025, again government officials began to evict the petitioners with the help of a huge possession of police staff, despite the statutory revision, which was filed before the Minister of Income 24 June 2025.
Published – July 19, 2025 01:13
