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The 35-year conflict of 168 families, mostly Arundhathiyars, successful Coimbatore territory to get location pattas has travel to an end, with the State authorities issuing pattas nether the Kalaignar Kanavu Illam (KKI) scheme. The orders were issued pursuing directions from the 2nd seat of the State SC/ST Commission, headed by Vice-Chairperson and Writer Imayam.
The Commission took up the contented aft 30 families from Kulayygounden Puthur approached it successful June 2025 seeking energy connections.
“When the Commission inquired into their plea, officials said energy connections could not beryllium provided arsenic the families did not person pattas. We took steps to unafraid pattas, which were issued connected January 29, 2026. The Commission is grateful to Chief Minister M. K. Stalin for the swift enactment successful ensuring pattas for mediocre people,” Mr. Imayam said.
While pursuing the matter, the Commission besides directed the territory medication to place others successful request of pattas. The territory medication subsequently provided onshore to different 35 families from onshore nether the power of the Bhoomidhana Variyam. These families are from Pogalur successful Annur taluk of Coimbatore district.
A fewer of the beneficiaries, who had been surviving successful impermanent sheds, visited the Commission’s bureau successful Chennai and received copies of the patta orders for location construction. The remaining beneficiaries volition person their pattas from the District Collector.
Another 103 families person been allotted onshore successful Marudur colony successful Mettupalayam taluk. The beneficiaries see 67 families surviving successful rented houses successful Marudur village, 34 families residing connected waterbody poramboke, and 2 families surviving connected Railways and National Highways poramboke land. “The territory medication volition contented the pattas, perchance adjacent week,” Mr. Imayam said.
He said the onshore successful Marudur colony had primitively been donated to the Bhoodan Board by Kariyagounder successful 1964. “Pattas were issued to eligible families aft cancelling pattas granted earlier to ineligible occupants who had encroached upon Bhoodan Board land,” helium explained.
