The Coimbatore High Court on Thursday ordered the closure of the case as the Housing Board had given appropriate compensation for the land of a 90-year-old lady following a confiscation order by the Coimbatore District Collector’s Office.
Saraswathiammal (90) hails from the Ganapathi Pudur area of Coimbatore. The land owned by her was acquired by the Housing Board in September 1983. She sued the Housing Board in 1994 for not getting proper compensation for the land. Finally, the High Court issued an order last January that a total of ₹67.87 lakh, including interest, be paid as compensation for the land by March 31, 2021.
The petition filed by Saraswathiammal in the Additional Magistrate’s Court came up for hearing on the 21st after the Housing Board failed to comply with the court order. The judge then ordered the confiscation of the property, including the desk, chair and bureau in the District Collector’s Office, and the property, including the desk, chair, bureau, car and jeep in the District Revenue Office, and to seal the Coimbatore Housing Board office.
In light of this, the case came up for hearing again on Thursday. At the hearing, the petition filed on behalf of the petitioner stated that “a total of ₹62.15 lakhs has been paid into the bank account on behalf of the Tamil Nadu Housing Board Engineer at Coimbatore Tatabad to go to the victim’s bank account. Therefore, the petition seeking execution of the court order should be closed”. The judge, who looked over this case, ordered the case to be closed. Following this, the case, which had been going on for 27 years, came to an end.
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