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The CPI(M) connected Monday staged a objection astatine Vannarpet successful the district, seeking transgression proceedings against gross and survey officials for allegedly giving ‘patta’ to a realty steadfast for onshore adjacent arsenic the District Revenue Officer’s enquiry connected the onshore quality was nether way.
The enactment members said a Chennai-based backstage realty steadfast that purchased 13 acres of onshore astatine Arockiyanathapuram connected Palayamkottai – Tiruchendur Highway successful 2007 managed to “improperly acquire” different 12 acres successful the contiguous onshore parcel wrong the adjacent mates of years by getting assent from lone 1 oregon 2 ineligible heirs of the properties alternatively of each ineligible heirs.
In the meanwhile, the realty steadfast illegally obtained ‘patta’ for different adjoining 24 acres of onshore done “unlawful registration”. In different words, the backstage steadfast had “illegally occupied” 24 acres of onshore successful summation to its 25 acres, including the communal way starring to the cremation ground, and it was trying to conception a compound partition astir the property.
When the CPI (M), on with the affected farmers, submitted a petition to the Revenue Divisional Officer a mates of years agone seeking cancellation of the ‘patta’ issued to the 24 acres, the Revenue Department refused to initiate immoderate inquiry. Hence, the affected farmers approached the court, which directed the Revenue Department to initiate due enquiry and instrumentality due determination based connected the result of the inquiry.
CPI (M) territory caput K. Sriram said 1 of the ‘sellers’, who had raised a indebtedness aft pledging the papers of the onshore measuring astir 1.40 acre, repaid the indebtedness and got backmost the papers from the bank. “However, helium could not participate into his onshore arsenic the realty steadfast had encroached upon his onshore aft forging his onshore document,” said Mr. Sriram.
The protestors said the fake ‘patta’ issued for this costly spot should beryllium cancelled and due ineligible enactment taken against the officials who facilitated the “illegal registration” of the spot and contented of pattas.
“Receiving the petition from the CPI(M) representatives successful October last, District Collector Sukumar promised to represent an enquiry led by the District Revenue Officer to clasp the proceeding expeditiously and instrumentality owed enactment based connected the enquiry findings. The Collector besides said neither the farmers nor the realty steadfast would beryllium allowed to instrumentality up immoderate further improvement of the spot until the enquiry was completed. Even arsenic this enquiry by the DRO is on, the gross officials person issued ‘patta’ to the realty steadfast based connected the survey done by the caput surveryor. Hence, the Collector should initiate transgression proceedings against the erring officials,” said Mr. Sriram.
As support was denied for an indefinite wait-in protest, a objection was organised to item the demand.
