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4. The issue raised by the petitioners has been dealt with by
Division Bench of this Court in the case of T.Senthil Kumar vs.
Government of Tamil Nadu [2010(3) MLJ 771], and subsequent
judgment of the larger Bench in the case of T.K.Shanmugam vs.
State of Tamil Nadu [(2015) 8 MLJ 1]. The validity of provisions of
the Act 2007 was an issue before the Division Bench. The provisions
were held to be constitutionally valid but finding that no process for
hearing has been given to abide the principles of natural justice, a
direction was given to supply copy of Form-II before, and at the same
time, on issuance of Form-III, liberty was given to the party to send
objection within a period of two weeks. In case of objection, Form-III
notice be treated as show-cause notice and thereby, the respondents
to pass appropriate order in reference to objection, before proceeding
further to remove the encroachment. The relevant paragraph of the
Division Bench judgment is quoted hereunder for ready reference:
Government Of Mysore & Ors vs J. V. Bhat, Etc. Etc on 14 October, 1974
“20.In the result, we dispose of the writ petition in the
same lines adopting the same method which the Supreme Court
done in the two cases cited supra Mysore vs. J.V. Bhat - 1975 (2)
S.C.R. 407 and (ii)The Scheduled Caste & Weaker Section Welfare
Association vs. State of Karnataka, - 1991 (1) U.J. (S.C.) 628 = AIR
1991 SC 1117 = 1991 (2) SCC 604., where the Supreme Court dealt
with the Mysore Slum (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1958 and
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without declaring that the Act is unconstitutional since no
opportunity is given, we will hold that there is nothing in the Act
which excludes the principles of natural justice. The Act does not
specifically indicate that the encroachers do not have a right to
be heard and therefore we issue the following directions.
T.S. Senthil Kumar vs The Government Of Tamil Nadu on 10 February, 2010
4. The issue raised by the petitioners has been dealt with by
Division Bench of this Court in the case of T.Senthil Kumar vs.
Government of Tamil Nadu [2010(3) MLJ 771], and subsequent
judgment of the larger Bench in the case of T.K.Shanmugam vs.
State of Tamil Nadu [(2015) 8 MLJ 1]. The validity of provisions of
the Act 2007 was an issue before the Division Bench. The provisions
were held to be constitutionally valid but finding that no process for
hearing has been given to abide the principles of natural justice, a
direction was given to supply copy of Form-II before, and at the same
time, on issuance of Form-III, liberty was given to the party to send
objection within a period of two weeks. In case of objection, Form-III
notice be treated as show-cause notice and thereby, the respondents
to pass appropriate order in reference to objection, before proceeding
further to remove the encroachment. The relevant paragraph of the
Division Bench judgment is quoted hereunder for ready reference:
The Slum Areas (Improvement And Clearance) Act, 1956
Section 12 in Tamil Nadu Protection of Tanks and Eviction of Encroachment Act, 2007 [Entire Act]
Article 226 in Constitution of India [Constitution]
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