The Madras High Court on Monday, agreed to hear this afternoon (July 31, 2023), an urgent writ petition filed by a farmer from Valayamadevi Melpathi village in the Bhuvanagiri Taluk, Cuddalore district, to restrain the Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) India Ltd., from taking possession of his fertile lands until the harvest due in two months.
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Justice S.M. Subramaniam accepted a request made by advocate K. Balu to move a lunch motion on behalf of his client V. Murugan, who also insisted on his lands being returned to him now, since they were acquired way back in 2007 but had not been used all these years for the purpose for which they were acquired.