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Challenge in this writ petition is the proceedings of the 3rd respondent dated 18.01.2024 in Na.Ka.No.2064/2022/A1 directing the Thasildar, Dharapuram, Tiruppur District, to (i) sub-divide and demarcate the retainable portion of Acres 8.73 cents of land in S.F.No.552/1 (Old No.514/5), Chittaravuthanpalayam Village, Dharapuram Taluk, and include the name of legal heirs of late Seethaiammal along with the names of the existing pattadars in the joint patta issued earlier; and (ii) to sub divide an extent Acres 3.77 cents of land comprised in S.No.552, which was declared as surplus into two parts and enter the name of Smt.Lakshmi in respect of southern portion measuring an extent of Acre 1.88 ½ cents of land and Smt.Valarmathi in respect of the northern portion measuring an extent of Acre 1.88 ½ cents in the village accounts and grant conditional patta.

(vi) Accordingly, conditional patta has been issued in the names of Tmt.Lakshmi and Tmt.Valarmathi for 2 acres of land each by order dated 03.04.2006 in MR IV/569/17-70/C1. The said pattadars have also filed writ petitions seeking a direction to record their names in the revenue records which were disposed of with a direction to take appropriate action to effect mutation in the revenue records. Thereafter, they were directed to be present for enquiry on 09.12.2023.

(viii) Based on order the orders of the 2nd respondent dated 02.09.2014 and the order of this court dated 29.03.2022 in W.P.No.1074 of 2015 and also the letter of the 2nd respondent dated 11.01.2024, this respondent https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis 12 of 40 issued the impugned proceedings for (i) sub division and demarcation of 8.73 acres as retainable portion in S.No.552, old S.No.514/5 and to include the legal heirs of Tmt. Seethaiammal in patta No.663 along with the names of the existing pattadars in the Joint Patta; (ii) sub-division of surplus land of 3.77 acres into two, 1.88 ½ cents each and allotment of southern side in the name of Tmt.Lakshmi and northern side in the name of Valarmathi and record the same in the village records and issue conditional patta.

(ix) After the receipt of the orders of this respondent, the Tahsildar, Dharmapuri Taluk, by his proceedings dated 20.01.2024 sub divided the lands in S.F.No.552 as S.F.Nos.552/1, 2, and 3 and granted patta for lands in S.F.No.552/1 in patta No.6593 in the names of (1) Kaalithal, (2) Sakthivel, (3) Umadevi, (4) Visalatchi, (5) Krishnammal, (6) Vijayakumari, (7) Saraswathi, (8) Rukmani, (9) Gopal Chettiyar and (10) Vijayagamoorthy and conditional pattas for land in S.F.No.552/2 in patta No.6594 in the name of Valarmathi and for lands in S.F.No.552/3 in Patta No.6595 in the name of Lakshmi.