IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 11.02.2006 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE R.BALASUBRAMANIAN W.P. NO.7246 OF 2003 & W.P.M.P.NO.9345 OF 2003 1. A.T.Rengaraju 2. V.Arivanantham 3. P.Rathinamani 4. M.Arumugam 5. D.Narayanamoorthy 6. E. Krishnan 7. T.B.Udayanan 8. S.Sundararaj 9. P.K.Sridharan 10. V.Rajendran 11. P.Harikrishnan 12. K.Vedhachalam 13. V.Jayasankari 14. R.Dakshinamurthy 15. S.Soundararajan 16. V.Bhama 17. R.M.Athaullah Sheriff 18. V.Kasinathan 19. M.Askar Ali 20. V.Chakrapani 21. C.Chandran 22. R.Balaji 23. G.Jayakumar 24. B.Jayaraj 25. E.Subramanian 26. M.Elango 27. G.Jayabaskaran 28. M.Nagabhushanam 29. R.Mani 30. D.Srinivasalu 31. K.Palani 32. P.Lakshmi 33. C.J.Rajasekaran 34. D.Ponnusamy 35. K.Rajasekar 36. K.Gurusamy 37. S.Nityanandam 38. K.Devaki https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 39. Bangaru Ammal 40. K.Selvamuni 41. A. Navaneethan 42. P. Krishnamurthy 43. R.Vadivelu 44. N. Vedachalam 45. K. Veerabadran 46. D. Manoharan 47. J. Elangovan 48. N. Karunanidhi 49. S. Lakshmanan 50. A.Ethirajan 51. K. Veerappan 52. P. Iyandurai 53. C.K.Durai 54. P.Singaravelu 55. G.Anandan 56. M.P.Raja 57. A.Shameem 58. S.Sekar 59. V. Mohammed Iqbal 60. V.P.Krishnamurthy ..Petitioners Vs. 1. The Government of Tamil Nadu rep.by its Secretary Housing and Urban Development Department, Fort St.George Madras-600 009. 2. The Tamil Nadu Housing Board rep.by its Managing Director Anna Salai, Nandanam Chennai-35. 3. The Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition) Housing Scheme, Hosur. ..Respondents Prayer: Writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records of the first respondent relating to the proceedings in letter No.36568/LA-II(2)/2001-9 dated 23.10.2002; quash the same and direct the respondents herein to reconvey the land in survey Nos.928/2 and 929/2 of Hosur Village to the petitioners hereunder under Section 48-B of the Land Acquisition Act. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ For Petitioners :: Mr.T.Gowtham for M/s.Muthumani Doraisami For Respondents :: Mr.S.Srinivasan, AGP for R1 & 3 Mr.D.Veerasekaran, TNHB for R2 O R D E R This court in the judgment reported in 2006(1) C.T.C. 305 (PERICHIAPPA GOUNDER v. STATE OF TAMIL NADU) had held that once there is a statutory vesting of the property under section 17-A of the Land Acquisition Act in favour of the Housing Board, then the Government's power under Section 48-B of the Act stands excluded. From the impugned order it is seen that the Housing Board is in need of the property forming the subject matter of the impugned order, which means that the property vests with the Housing Board. Following the above referred to judgment, this writ petition stands dismissed. If the Housing Board is not going to utilise the land for the purpose for which it was acquired and transferred to them, then they are directed to follow Section 72 of the Tamil Nadu Housing Board Act. Consequently, the connected WPMP is also dismissed. No costs. Tr/ Sd/ Asst.Registrar /true copy/ Sub Asst.Registrar To 1. The Government of Tamil Nadu rep.by its Secretary Housing and Urban Development Department, Fort St.George,Madras-600 009. 2. The Tamil Nadu Housing Board rep.by its Managing Director Anna Salai, Nandanam Chennai-35. 3. The Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition) Housing Scheme, Hosur. + one cc to Mr.Muthumani Doraisamy, Advocate Sr.No.6044. + one cc to Mr.D.Veerasekaran, Advocate Sr.No.6488. NA (CO)/RSM/28.2.2006 W.P.No.7246 of 2003 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/