TTD cancels plot allotted to UB group chairman Vijay Mallya in 1991
The Hindu
TTD cancels plot allotted to UB group chairman Vijay Mallya in 1991. TTD decision comes as Vijay Mallya fails to execute the mandatory final agreement despite several reminders and maintain the rest house he constructed on the plot located near the ‘Silathoranam; the TTD resolves to invite fresh applications for allotment of the plot to a new donor, and pegs the minimum donation amount at ₹5 crore.
In an unprecedented move, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has cancelled the plot allotted to Vijay Mallya, chairman of the United Breweries (UB) group, after a period of 29 years for failing to execute the final agreement and maintain the rest house.
The TTD has also resolved to invite fresh applications for the allotment of the plot to a new donor for taking up renovation/reconstruction works under its new policy of cottage donation scheme.
The TTD has taken the decision as their is no response from Mr. Mallya to its letters and the series of notices served on him.
The TTD had allotted the spacious Plot No. 2 in the Dharmagiri area in the vicinity of the geological wonder, ’Silathoranam’ (natural rock formation), to Mr. Mallya in 1991. He had constructed a palatial guest house, ‘Venkata Vijayam’, with nine suits and handed it over to the TTD amid much fanfare after signing a preliminary agreement in 1993.
However, Mr. Mallya had failed to execute the mandatory final agreement despite a lapse of several years and reminders from the TTD.
Left with no other option, the TTD had constituted a committee with senior officials to explore the options of allotting the plot to a new donor under its revised cottage donation policy.
The committee, during its inspections, had found the condition of the rest house in a poor state owing to lack of maintenance, and opined that further conservation was unlikely as the donor was “absconding.”
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