Dispute over judges’ apartment complex takes a new turn

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.