Judgment :- Satish K. Agnihotri, J. 1. Being aggrieved by the locking, sealing and demolition notice dated 4.4.2012 issued by the Executive Engineer, Zone III, Corporation of Chennai, the petitioner has preferred an appeal under Section 80-A (3) of the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971, on 28.6.2013 along with the application for interim relief. It is informed that the application for interim relief was rejected. There against, writ petition in W.P. No. 31450 of 2014 was filed before this Court and the same was disposed of by a Division Bench of this Court by order dated 3.12.2014 with a direction to the petitioner to appear before the first respondent on 5.12.2014 along with the documents and that the first respondent shall pass orders afresh. 2. It is stated that in compliance thereof, the petitioner has appeared before the authorities and the authorities have also called for remarks from the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, which were submitted on 23.12.2014. Thus, nothing further is required to be done for disposal of the pending appeal. 3. In view of the foregoing, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, we direct the first respondent to consider and decide the pending appeal on its own merits and in accordance with law, within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 4. This writ petition is disposed of accordingly. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed. No costs.