Jayalalithaa’s residence Veda Nilayam will be auctioned if tax dues not paid: I-T department tells Madras HC

Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s Poes Garden residence ‘Veda Nilayam’ successful Chennai volition beryllium brought to auction if her ineligible heirs bash not settee her income taxation arsenic good arsenic wealthiness taxation dues to the tune of ₹13.69 crore with interest, the Income Tax section has told the Madras High Court.

Appearing earlier Justice C. Saravanan, who was seized of a writ petition filed by Jayalalithaa’s niece J. Deepa against the request raised by the I-T department, its elder lasting counsel A.P. Srinivas said, Veda Nialayam was attached during the beingness of Jayalalithaa.

He said, the erstwhile Chief Minister had to wage arrears of income taxation for antithetic appraisal years opening from 1991-92 to 2006-07 and of wealthiness taxation for the appraisal years betwixt 1992-93 to 2015-16. He said the I-T section was entitled to retrieve the arrears with interest.

Since Jayalalithaa had died connected December 5, 2016 and the High Court had connected May 27, 2020 declared her niece J. Deepa and nephew J. Deepak to beryllium the ineligible heirs, the I-T section decided to retrieve the arrears from them and sent intimations connected July 13, 2025 and August 4, 2025.

Though Ms. Deepa had approached the High Court challenging the August 4, 2025 communication, Mr. Deepak wrote to the department, done his authorised representative, connected August 11, 2025 and sought for extesion of clip to wage his stock of ₹6.75 crore towards taxation arrears, Mr. Srinivas said.

Thereafter, helium wrote yet different missive connected October 14, 2025 and sought support to wage the outstanding magnitude successful instalments. The I-T section accepted his petition and permitted him to wage ₹6.75 crore successful six equated monthly instalments betwixt October 2025 and March 2026.

However, Mr. Deepak paid ₹1.12 crore connected October 15, 2025 and November 15, 2025 and of that amount, ₹62.50 lakh was paid by mentioning his PAN fig alternatively of the PAN fig of Jayalalithaa. Despite respective reminders, helium has not corrected it successful the challan, the lasting counsel complained.

“The attachment of the spot (Veda Nilayam) was done during the beingness clip of the assessee Late J. Jayalalithaa. If the arears of taxation is not paid by the idiosyncratic who are having interests successful the properties of the Late J. Jayalalitha, past the section volition proceed against the spot by bringing it to auction arsenic per the process contemplated nether the Income Tax Act,” helium told the judge.

After taking enactment of the submissions, the justice adjourned the proceeding connected the writ petition filed by Ms. Deepa to February 18, 2026.