2016 (8) TMI 17

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....R Heard Mr.C.Saravanan, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.A.P.Srinivas, learned counsel appearing for the respondents and with the consent of either side, the writ petition is taken up for final disposal. 2.The petitioner is the Tamil Nadu slum Clearance Board which is a statutory body established under the provisions of the Tamil Nadu Slum Areas (Improvement & Clearance) Act, 1971, ....

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....re precluded from enforcing the demands. Apart from that, it is stated that other connected writ petitions are also pending. 4.The petitioner's primary defence appears to be that they are a statutory body incorporated under the Tamil Nadu Act 11 of 1971 and it is a "State" within the meaning of Article 12 of Constitution of India, a non-profitable body corporate incorporated to implement th....

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....oard functions under the grant given by the Government of Tamil Nadu and the Board neither declares dividends not has any share holders. 5.In my view, repeatedly issuing demands to the petitioner and enforcing the same would only result in the multiplicity of the proceedings which should be avoided. More particularly, when the petitioner Board has challenged the constitutional validity of the v....