Madras High Court sets aside order to take over 7.44 acres of prime land in Chennai from Sri Ramachandra Educational and Health Trust
Chief Justice’s Bench holds that a single judge of the court ought not to have issued such a direction to Tamil Nadu government in a writ petition
On October 15, 2026, the Madras High Court overturned a previous ruling that sought to reclaim 7.44 acres of prime land in Chennai from the Sri Ramachandra Educational and Health Trust. The Division Bench, consisting of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan, dismissed the earlier decision, stating that a single judge should not have issued such a direction in a writ petition.
The court also set aside other directives issued by the single judge, including the quashing of a Government Order from June 12, 1998, which allowed the Tamil Nadu Housing Board to sell the land to the trust. Furthermore, the Division Bench overturned the single judge's decision to fix a sale price of ₹6.01 lakh per ground for the land in 2007.
The court emphasized that the decision lay beyond the scope of the writ petition, as it did not address whether the government should have auctioned the land or used it for a different purpose.
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