CHENNAI:
An ancient temple in Mylapore has started a legal battle to recover its
prime pieces of land, totally measuring about 150 grounds (one ground
is 2,400sqft) and worth more than 600 crore, from their long-time
occupants.
Sri Adi Kesava Perumal Peyalwar Devasthanam, represented by its chairman of board of trustees N C Sridhar, has filed a petition in the Madras high court to restrain the present occupants from transferring pattas in their names. The occupants have built pucca structures on the lands located in the Mylapore-Mandaveli region and indulged in sale-lease transactions, the petition said.
Justice V Ramasubramanian before whom the matter came up for admission on Thursday, issued notices to the Chennai district administration besides the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department.
According to Maylai Sathya, counsel for the temple, a total of six cawnies, six grounds and 63sqft of land (more than 150 grounds) in all stands in the name of the ancient temple. Admitting that the temple was not in possession of original deeds owing to frequent changes in the composition of the board and other reasons, he said that at present the land was under the occupation of several people who have built pucca structures.
"Persons in unlawful occupation have been allowed to put up constructions, and there were also attempts to transfer pattas without the consent of the temple," he said. Sathya referred to another batch of petitions filed by the occupants, and said that in the guise of seeking basic amenities, they were attempting to obtain water and electricity connections without any legal right or authority. Though municipal and government authorities have enough powers to evict them or even demolish buildings standing on the land, they have not done anything so far, he said.
The petition wanted the court to restrain the authorities form proceeding any further with patta applications filed by the occupants.
Sri Adi Kesava Perumal Peyalwar Devasthanam, represented by its chairman of board of trustees N C Sridhar, has filed a petition in the Madras high court to restrain the present occupants from transferring pattas in their names. The occupants have built pucca structures on the lands located in the Mylapore-Mandaveli region and indulged in sale-lease transactions, the petition said.
Justice V Ramasubramanian before whom the matter came up for admission on Thursday, issued notices to the Chennai district administration besides the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department.
According to Maylai Sathya, counsel for the temple, a total of six cawnies, six grounds and 63sqft of land (more than 150 grounds) in all stands in the name of the ancient temple. Admitting that the temple was not in possession of original deeds owing to frequent changes in the composition of the board and other reasons, he said that at present the land was under the occupation of several people who have built pucca structures.
"Persons in unlawful occupation have been allowed to put up constructions, and there were also attempts to transfer pattas without the consent of the temple," he said. Sathya referred to another batch of petitions filed by the occupants, and said that in the guise of seeking basic amenities, they were attempting to obtain water and electricity connections without any legal right or authority. Though municipal and government authorities have enough powers to evict them or even demolish buildings standing on the land, they have not done anything so far, he said.
The petition wanted the court to restrain the authorities form proceeding any further with patta applications filed by the occupants.
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