NEELAKANDA NAICKER (D) BY LRS. . vs GUNABHUSHANAM . — C.A. No. 9192/2003

Summary: C.A. No. 009192/2003 On October 25, 2013, the Supreme Court dismissed both Civil Appeals No. 9172 and 9192 of 2003. The appeals involved a dispute over 3 acres 4 guntas of land: the Champakeswarar Temple claimed ownership and an oral lease arrangement, while Gunabhushanam and others held statutory pattas granted in 1959 under the Abolition of Inam Act. The Court upheld the Madras High Court's judgment, finding that the Temple's suit for declaration of title was defective for failing to implead the State/Settlement Officer and for not seeking to quash the statutory pattas before claiming ownership. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.