TN Revenue Department directed to provide information on unauthorised residential apartments, land grabbing cases
The Hindu
The State Information Commission has given this direction based on an appeal by P. Kalyanasundaram, a senior citizen and social activist, who has sought this information under the RTI Act
The State Information Commission, which has the powers of a civil court, has directed the Revenue Administration and Disaster Management Department to provide all information sought by a Right to Information (RTI) applicant on land grabbing cases filed in Kancheepuram, Vellore and Tiruvallur districts, pattas granted to residential apartments which were constructed without authorisation in Perambur and Purasawalkam taluks, and registration details. P. Kalyanasundaram, a senior citizen and social activist, sought information under the RTI act from the public information officer(PIO) of the Revenue Department, State Secretariat in April, 2019. He sought details on the number of land grabbing cases filed in Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur and Vellore districts in the last three years and the action taken on them. He also sought to know the action taken on the complaints of obtaining pattas through frauds of government lands and public lands in these districts.More Related News