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A government-level treatment to resoluteness the Pariyathukavu onshore dispute, scheduled for Friday (June 12, 2026) night, was postponed astatine the past minute, triggering speculation implicit the politically delicate issue. The gathering had been convened to sermon a connection enactment distant by the authorities to debar the eviction of 7 Dalit families from the 2.69-acre Pariyathukavu colony astatine Malayidamthuruth adjacent Kizhakkambalam pursuing backstage litigation.
The meeting, to beryllium led by Minister for Higher Education Roji M. John, was scheduled for 8 p.m. astatine the District Collector’s chamber. An authoritative connection stated that the gathering had been postponed to a aboriginal date. The crushed for the postponement was not mentioned.
Representatives of the nonmigratory families had travel to the Collectorate for the meeting. “We were lone told that the gathering had been postponed astatine the past minute. We fishy that the backstage enactment that has won the assertion implicit the onshore ownership whitethorn not person agreed to the government’s proposal,” K.M. Siraj, convener of the Pariyathukavu Action Council, which represents the Dalit families, said.
Sources with the Minister said the gathering was not postponed owed to immoderate inconvenience connected his part. The heirs of the precocious Kannattu Sankaran Nair, who person secured favourable tribunal orders successful enactment of their assertion to the onshore pursuing prolonged litigation, were unavailable for comment.
During a erstwhile meeting, the authorities had asked the household to see allocating 5 cents of onshore each to the 7 families wrong the disputed property. It has besides promised to physique houses and supply basal amenities for the families erstwhile some parties hold to the proposal.
