THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.29744 OF 2011 ORDER: The grievance of the petitioner is that, though the lease granted in their favour has been in subsistence over approximately an extent of Ac.32.00 in Sy.Nos.458 and 461, the respondents were seeking to interfere and dispossess them illegally from the subject lands without even putting them on notice, and without giving them an opportunity of being heard. When the matter was listed on 09.11.2011, Learned Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignment) sought time to obtain instructions. The matter suffered another adjournment on 14.11.2011. Today the Learned Government Pleader, on instructions, would submit that lands admeasuring Ac.12.00 and Ac.20.00 in old Sy.Nos.461 and 458, (which has subsequently been sub-divided into different survey numbers), were leased out to the petitioner for carrying on salt operations upto the years 2030 and 2023 respectively; as at present the respondents are not seeking to dispossess the petitioner from the subject lands; the present Writ Petition is based on mere apprehension; even in case the respondents wish to terminate the lease, and take possession of the subject lands, they would do so only in accordance with law, that too after putting the petitioner on notice, and affording them an opportunity of being heard. In view of the submissions now made by the Learned Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignment), it is evident that the petitioner’s apprehension of being dispossessed is not well founded. The submission of the Learned Government Pleader is taken on record. Consequently, the Writ Petition fails and is, accordingly, dismissed. However, in the circumstances, without costs. RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J Date:18.11.2011 Usd