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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO(S). 2024 (Arising out of SLP (Civil) No.16753/2022)
HELP AGE INDIA Appellant (s)
VERSUS
THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR & ORS. Respondent(s)
O R D E R
Leave granted.
2. Heard Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, learned counsel appearing
for the appellant (defendant). Also heard Mr. K.
Radhakrishnan, learned Senior Counsel representing the
respondent nos.1 to 4 (Plaintiffs).
3. The appellant was allotted ceiling surplus land by the
Government of Tamil Nadu through the order dated 24.03.1994
(Annexure P-2). The person who encroached in the allotted land
had filed Writ Petition No.18278 of 2015 to assert his right
and the said proceeding is pending before the High Court. It
is accordingly submitted by the leaned counsel representing
the government authorities that the present matter be remitted
back to the High Court to be adjudicated analogously with the
Writ Petition No.18278/2015.
4. The above suggestion is acceptable to Mr. Balaji
Srinivasan, learned counsel appearing for the appellant.
5. Accordingly, the impugned order of the High Court dated
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18.08.2022 in WP(C) No.21317 of 2022 is set aside and quashed.
The matter is remanded back to the High Court for analogus
adjudication with the Writ Petition No.18278 of 2015. The
parties are at liberty to reque...