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[Order of the Court was made by M.SATHYANARAYANAN, J.] By consent, the writ petition itself is taken up for final disposal. Mrs.M.E.Rani Selvam, learned Additional Government Pleader accepts notice on behalf of the 1st respondent and Mr.A.Kumar, learned standing counsel accepts notice on behalf of the 2nd respondent.

2 The premises bearing New Door No.79, Old No.51, Thirumalai Pillai Road, T.Nagar, Chennai-600017, is owned by the petitioner and according to him, as per the original planning permission, Ground + First floors office building has been put up and subsequently, vide Planning Permit No.6679 in Letter No.BCI/11111/2009 dated 09.10.2011 and the 2nd respondent has accorded planning permission to put up an additional construction of second and third floors residential building with three dwelling units over the existing superstructure. The petitioner was issued with Locking and Sealing and Demolition Notice dated 27.06.2017, alleging that usage of second and third floors have been converted from residential to commercial purpose and certain deviations and violations have also been noted. The petitioner, in response to the said notice, submitted his reply dated 25.07.2017 denying the same and however, it was followed by De-Occupation notice dated 18.09.2017, for which also, the petitioner has submitted his response dated 28.09.2017 stating that he is in the process of regularisation of the above deviations and therefore, requested the second respondent not to proceed with the De-Occupation notice dated 18.09.2017 and also give him an opportunity to regularise the deviation as observed by them. The petitioner challenging the legality of the De-Occupation Notice dated 18.09.2017 has filed this writ petition.