At last the Kerala government has taken
a stern step against encroachers in the state, especially with the
Special Officer for Land Resumption M G Rajamanickam serving notice
to Harrisons Malayalam Ltd to vacate 29,185
acres of land spread over Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam and Idukki
districts.
Apart from this, the government is also for recovering the other
stretches of lands, illegally held by the company in the different
parts of the state.
It
is estimated that HML are in the illegal possession of about 60,000
acres of land. Though several probes have concluded that the HML was
in the possession of lands that belonged to the government, no
government had taken a firm step against the company until the High
Court ruled that that
the state government was vested with necessary powers under Kerala
Conservancy Act to retrieve the land.
Revenue
Minister Adoor Prakash said that all the lands that are to be taken
back are government land and the company had fabricated documents. He
made it clear that the special officer was appointed based on a High
Court order. Before serving the eviction notice, the special office
had inspected all the four districts and verified the documents.
The
Minister also said that the company had sold 8,147 acres in the four
districts from where the company has been asked to vacate. He also
said that the company was misleading the people by placing
advertisements, which amount to contempt of court. The advertisements
have been given by HML Vice president (Legal) V Venugopal, against
whom the vigilance had recommended a case after
a preliminary inquiry found evidence of forgery of documents and
survey maps with the Plantation Majors.
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