Plea to identify beneficiaries to issue patta
The Hindu
A retired government employee has moved the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the authorities to identify eligible beneficiaries to issue patta for lands in Thanakkankulam
A retired government employee has moved the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the authorities to identify eligible beneficiaries to issue patta for lands in Thanakkankulam village, Thiruparankundram, in Madurai district. A Division Bench of Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and S. Ananthi sought a response from the State. The petitioner, K. Duraipandi, said that the lands were acquired under the Harijan Welfare Scheme more than 20 years ago to identify and issue house pattas to eligible members of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
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