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The State authorities connected Friday said it would prosecute each ineligible measures to forestall the eviction of 7 Dalit families of Paryathukavu colony adjacent Malayaidamthuruth, Kizhakkambalam. Promising to instrumentality implicit the ineligible conflict that the residents of the colony person been pursuing for decades, Minister for Higher Education Roji M. John said the authorities would attack the High Court connected Monday.
“The authorities volition effort to convey to the High Court its basal connected the matter. The Advocate General has been fixed owed directions for this,” the Minister said aft a treatment with the affected families and the officials acrophobic astatine the District Collector’s enclosure connected Friday night.
The Minister announced that if the tribunal verdict turned unfavourable, the authorities would rehabilitate the families by providing them with houses and land.
He besides informed the gathering that determination would beryllium nary constabulary enactment until the authorities approached the tribunal connected Monday. The committedness comes adjacent arsenic the Advocate Commission was scheduled to initiate the eviction connected Saturday aft 15 unsuccessful attempts to execute the order. The Minister said the authorities was looking into the substance with utmost seriousness, and that the contented was discussed with Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan.
“The authorities would determination guardant lone aft taking the affected families into afloat confidence. Arrangements would besides beryllium made for their contiguous lawyer to clasp urgent discussions with the Advocate General. The authorities would not, nether immoderate circumstances, let the families to beryllium thrown retired onto the streets,” helium said.
Seven families residing astatine Paryathukavu attended the meeting. The gathering was attended by Kunnathunad MLA V.P. Sajeendran, District Collector G. Priyanka, Additional District Magistrate Shaiju P. Jacob, Ernakulam Rural District Police Chief K.S. Sudarshan, Vazhakulam grama panchayat president K. Sharada, and different officials.
The Minister was deputed by the authorities aft attempts to evict the families spiralled into a large governmental controversy. The alleged constabulary enactment against the residents during an eviction effort connected Wednesday had landed the recently sworn-in United Democratic Front authorities successful immense embarrassment. It was the 15th effort to execute the eviction order, with the residents, backed by erstwhile MLA P.V. Sreenijin, resisting the erstwhile steps.
The eviction was initiated connected the ground of a tribunal bid successful favour of a backstage claimant who had accused the affected families of encroaching upon his land. The residents person sought a caller survey of the land, claiming that government-owned puramboke onshore person been included successful the disputed property.
Meanwhile, the CPI(M) has intensified agitation implicit the issue. Party person and erstwhile Minister R. Bindu addressed a protestation gathering astatine Malayaidamthuruth, organised by the All India Democratic Women’s Association.
