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The Madras High Court has closed a contempt of tribunal petition filed by histrion Rajinikanth’s woman Latha Rajinikanth against Kancheepuram Collector Kalaiselvi Mohan aft signaling the officer’s submission that proceedings person been issued to wage the petitioner an enhanced compensation of ₹50,000 for each cent (435.6 quadrate feet) of onshore acquired from her successful 2006.
Justice N. Anand Venkatesh closed the contempt plea aft signaling the proceedings issued by the Collector connected September 27, 2025 but directed the High Court Registry to database the substance again connected Monday (November 10) to find retired whether the wealth had reached the hands of the petitioner. The contempt petition was moved for alleged disobedience of an bid passed by the justice connected February 18.
A Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition), Chennai City Waterways Scheme, had acquired a full grade of 11.53.5 hectares of lands astatine Tirumudivakkam colony successful Sriperumbudur Taluk for the intent of improving the Chembarambakkam surplus h2o people and widening the channels. At the clip of acquisition successful 2006, the Tahsildar fixed the marketplace worth of the lands to beryllium ₹1,500 for each cent.
Most of the landowners accepted the compensation nether protestation and insisted connected a notation to beryllium made to a competent civilian court, nether Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act of 1894, for determining the close marketplace value. Accordingly, the substance was referred to the Kancheepuram Sub Court which enhanced the compensation from ₹1,500 per cent to ₹29,430 for each cent connected February 23, 2011.
Subsequently, the Tahsildar preferred an entreaty earlier the High Court challenging the ehancement and the landowners excessively preferred idiosyncratic appeals demanding further enhancement. A Division Bench of Justices R. Subbiah (since retired) and M.S. Ramesh dismissed the Tahsildar’s entreaty and allowed the landowners’ appeals by enhancing the compensation to ₹39,240 per cent.
The Division Bench’s bid was passed connected November 17, 2017 and it was taken connected further entreaty to the Supreme Court by the landowners. A two-judge Bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Vineet Saran (both retired) of the apical tribunal allowed the appeals partially connected September 12, 2018 and bid outgo of last compensation astatine the complaint of ₹50,000 per cent to each the appellants.
Though Ms. Rajinikanth was not a enactment to the litigation process betwixt 2006 and 2018, she made a practice to the Collector, successful the latter’s capableness arsenic Land Acquisition Officer, connected October 4, 2024 seeking enhanced compensation of ₹50,000 per cent for her lands excessively arsenic it had been ordered by the Supreme Court successful a batch of cases filed by the adjacent landowners.
When the practice was not considered, she filed a writ petition successful the High Court. Justice Venkatesh disposed of the petition connected February 18 with an reflection that the enhancement indispensable beryllium extended adjacent to landowners who had not approached the tribunal since the 1894 Act was a beneficial legislation. He directed the Collector to dispose of the petitioner’s practice wrong 3 months.
Subsequently, Ms. Rajinikanth had moved the contiguous contempt of tribunal petition successful July this twelvemonth accusing the Collector of not having complied with the court’s order.
