Dispute over judges’ apartment complex takes a new turn
The Hindu
Kochi Corporation and judicial officers’ society file complaints against each other
The dispute over the property where the Kerala Judicial Officers’ Cooperative Society is constructing an apartment complex at Chalikkavattom here has taken a new turn, with both the society and the Kochi Corporation approaching the police to file criminal cases. The society approached the Police Commissioner with a complaint that corporation councillors A.R. Padmadas and K.S. Saleesh had criminally conspired and forged documents relating to the permit issued for the property in question and replaced genuine documents with forged ones. Later, Mr. Padmadas made Mr. Saleesh file a false complaint against the society before the Kochi Corporation to stall the construction of the complex, according to the complaint. The Kochi Corporation Secretary filed a complaint against the society, alleging that it had submitted false documents to obtain the building permit. The civic body has listed the secretary of the society as the first accused and James George, the architect of the firm that took up the construction work, as the second accused.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.