#Tamil Nadu Land Encroachment Act

The Madras HC set aside a trial court order returning an unnumbered plaint in an adverse possession suit against a TN Land Encroachment Act notice, holding courts must first number the plaint and hear the plaintiff on maintainability under Order VII Rule 11 CPC - a jurisdictional bar cannot justify bypassing this mandatory procedure.

Madras High Court rules that an appeal to the District Collector under Section 6 of the Tamil Nadu Land Encroachment Act is an effective remedy, staying eviction until disposal. The court directed the petitioner to file a fresh appeal within two weeks, treating it as timely and prohibiting dispossession until the appeal is resolved.

Madras High Court ruled that a writ petition challenging an eviction notice under Section 6 of the Tamil Nadu Land Encroachment Act is not maintainable without first exhausting the statutory appeal under Section 10. The court also held that commercial use of grama natham land is illegal, reinforcing the state's authority over such lands.