The New Indian Express ·
Madras HC reprieve for collector, other district officials in ‘land grab’ case
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court recently granted a reprieve to the top officials of Chengalpattu, including the district collector, in a plea pertaining to illegal acquisition of land belonging to an individual for laying a canal after it had previously remarked that it was a “clear case of land grabbing”.
The matter pertains to laying a canal through a land parcel measuring 1318 sq m at Selaiyur in Tambaram, owned by the petitioner, M R Vasanthan. The landowner approached the court last year and directions were issued for paying compensation. Despite fixing the compensation at Rs 2.9 crore, the authorities didn’t pay him.
A division bench of Justices G Jayachandran and E Manoharan noted that the order on compensation dated February 1, 2025, was not complied with by the respondent authorities even after over a year and a half having passed.
