The Madras High Court also permitted initiation of eviction proceedings against Queensland under the Hr and Ce act and complete the same within 4 weeks for evicting Queensland resorts from the temple lands.

Queensland Resorts challenged before the Madras High Court, the demand notice issued by Tahsildar, Sriperumbudur demanding lease amount for occupation of 21 acres of temple land where the resort is situated. In 1995, The lands in question which are temple lands were originally leased out to Mr. Selvaraj, by the temple. Subsequently there were some disputes since the revenue department canceled the patta standing in the name of the temple. Taking advantage of the same, Queensland resorts was illegally continuing to occupy the temple lands though their lease expired in 1998. Mr. N.R.R. Arun Natarajan, government advocate appeared for Hr and Ce Commissioner and argued by the relying on section 116 of the evidence act, that a tenant cannot dispute the title of the landlord and further argued that Queensland is an encroacher after 1998. It was further argued that the dispute between hr and ce and revenue department will be settled among themselves and Queensland resorts cannot take advantage of the same and they should be evicted. Accepting the submissions, The Madras High Court dismissed the Writ petition filed by Queensland and directed Queensland to pay the sum of Rs. 1,08,69,423/- to revenue department and a sum of Rs. 9.5 crores to the temple toward damages. The Madras High Court also permitted initiation of eviction proceedings against Queensland under the Hr and Ce act and complete the same within 4 weeks for evicting Queensland resorts from the temple lands.

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