Interim relief for actor Mammooty, family in land row
The Hindu
The petitioner has challenged in the HC the order of the Commissioner of Land Administration declaring the property as reserve forest
The Madras High Court has restrained the Commissioner of Land Administration (CLA) from taking coercive action against actors P.I. Mohammed Kutty alias Mammooty, his son Dulquer Salmaan Mohammed Kutty and their family members with respect to 40 acres of land owned by them at Karuguzhipallam village in Chengalpattu district near here. Justice C.V. Karthikeyan granted the interim protection after the family filed a joint writ petition challenging an order passed by the CLA on March 16 this year instructing the Chengalpattu District Revenue Officer to treat the entire piece of land as ‘Kazhuveli Poromboke’ (wetland) and declare it a reserve forest under Section 26 of the Tamil Nadu Forest Act of 1882. The judge, however, made it clear that it would be open to the CLA to proceed with the initiation of criminal or departmental proceedings against the government officials who were reportedly involved in certain irregularities in the matter. He directed government counsel Yogesh Kannadasan to ensure that a counter affidavit to the writ petition was filed by August 26.More Related News