W.A.No.158 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 22.01.2026 CORAM : THE HONOURABLE MR. MANINDRA MOHAN SHRIVASTAVA, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.ARUL MURUGAN W.A.No.158 of 2026 and C.M.P.No.1263 of 2026 R.Eswaramoorthy S/o.G.Rajendran, Door No 33, Vivekananthar Street, Surampatti, Erode - 638 009 Appellant(s) Vs 1.T.P.Kumaravel S/o.Late T.A Palanisamy, Door No 506/3-5, Thiruvenakatampalayam, Karumandichellipalayam Village, Perundurai Taluk, Erode District. 2.T.A.Kaliappan S/o.Late Appachi Gounder, Door No.506/3-5 Thiruvenkatampalayam, Karumandichellipalayam Village, Perundurai Taluk, Erode District 3.The District Collector Erode District, Erode ______________ p. 2 W.A.No.158 of 2026 4.The Assistant Engineer Perundurai North Office, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) Pethampalayam Road, Perundurai-638052 Erode District 5.S.P.Murugesan S/o.Late Palanisamy Gounder Door No.11/A, Sangu Nagar Road, Surampatti Valasu, Erode-638009 6.C.Pratheeplkumar S/o.N.Chinnusamy, Door No.48, Kangeyampalayam Vidachinnarpalayam Village Kadaiyur Post, Kangeyam Taluk Tiruppur District 7.T.P.Ramasamy S/o.Palanisamy Gounder, Door No.13, Thanneerpanthal Street, Thiruvenkatampalayam Karumandichellipalayam Village Perundurai Taluk, Erode District 8.C.Balasubramanian S/o.S.T.Chandrasekar Door No.11, Arun Street, Gandhi Nagar, Erode-638009 Respondents PRAYER : Appeal filed under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent to set aside the order passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.No.47507 of 2025 dated 05.12.2025. ______________ p. 3 W.A.No.158 of 2026 For Appellant: Mr. M.Guruprasad For Respondents: Mr. E.Vijay Anand Addl. Government Pleader for R3 Mr. I.Syed Sibghatulla Standing Counsel for R4 JUDGMENT (Made by the Hon'ble Chief Justice) Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. In view of the submission made by learned counsel for the appellant that the impugned order passed by the learned Single Judge is without issuing any notice and recording a finding of possession without any opportunity of hearing, it is set aside. The writ petition is restored to its original number. ______________ p. 4 W.A.No.158 of 2026 3. The appeal is allowed accordingly. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed. (MANINDRA MOHAN SHRIVASTAVA, CJ) (G.ARUL MURUGAN,J) 22.01.2026 Index : Yes/No Neutral Citation : Yes/No bbr To: 1.The District Collector Erode District, Erode 2.The Assistant Engineer Perundurai North Office, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) Pethampalayam Road, Perundurai-638052 Erode District ______________ p. 5 W.A.No.158 of 2026 THE HON'BLE CHIEF JUSTICE AND G.ARUL MURUGAN,J. bbr W.A.No.158 of 2026 22.01.2026 ______________