Allottees threaten to boycott election over long-pending TNHB issues in Coimbatore

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As portion of an predetermination boycott initiative, members of Ganapathy Maanagar Veetu Urimaiyalarkal Kootukkuzhu Block I to IV submitted copies of elector recognition cards on with petitions the Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) bureau astatine HUDCO Colony, Peelamedu, connected Monday.

Petitions were sent via email to the Chief Electoral Officer, Chief Secretary, Deputy Chief Secretary, Secretary and Managing Director of TNHB, and the District Election Officer, Coimbatore, seeking intervention.

The petition stated that TNHB and the Coimbatore Housing Unit had followed irregular practices for implicit 33 years, affecting allottees. Payments were not recorded connected the existent day of receipt successful Working Sheet-A, portion involvement was charged, starring to excess burden.

TNHB fixed a notional onshore outgo of ₹6,000 per cent for 33.34 acres based connected assumed LAOP cases and collected statutory involvement of astir ₹29 crore, contempt nary ineligible dispute. The petitioners sought implementation of tribunal and arbitration tribunal rulings.

In Working Sheet-B, payments made by allottees were taken into relationship lone aft delays of 13 to 17 years, aft which involvement was calculated for the full play astatine rates betwixt 17% and 21%.

Payments were misclassified nether non-demand heads, with excess amounts near unadjusted portion involvement continued to beryllium charged. Outdated FoxPro-based systems delayed the accounting of smaller payments, successful immoderate cases by 9 to 15 years.

K. Jeyachandran, president of the association, said representations had been made to ministers and officials, but nary enactment followed.

He sought implementation of rulings, issuance of location ownership documents, and refund of excess amounts. He said members would instrumentality elector ID cards to the District Election Officer and boycott the Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2026 if issues were not addressed.

Published - March 30, 2026 06:48 p.m. IST

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