The picture for representational purpose only.
The land allotted by the state
government in 1994 to build a special school for deaf students at
Alapakkam in Maduravoyal has been encroached by miscreants.
A
hotel and houses have been built on the land. Even after the hearing
impaired moved the Madras high court twice and got orders in their
favour, the private firms continue with their business as authorities
concerned failed to take action. The hapless victims have now
approached the chief minister’s cell seeking justice.
Talking
to Deccan Chronicle, general secretary Jamal Ali and president V.
Swaminathan of the Tamil Nadu Federation of Deaf Persons said, “It has
been 20 years now. In all, 1,500 sq meters of land was allotted for the
school.
We have the original copy of the patta
with us. A group of miscreants set up shops and houses and is not ready
to leave the place. We requested and pleaded with them. We even went to
the court and won the case. They did not vacate the place.”
In
2005, the deaf persons moved the high court seeking a direction against
the encroachment. Ruling in their favour the court directed the
disabled welfare officer to act immediately and remove the
encroachments. As officials took no action, the deaf persons were forced
to approach the court in 2013 again.
High court
judge justice N.Kirubakaran who heard the case in January 2013, pointed
out, “The special commissioner for disabled causally dealt with the
matter and dropped the proceedings directing petitioners to approach
revenue department officials to take possession of the land.” He added
that when the petitioners did not get any results, they again approached
the court for justice.
He directed the
Tiruvallur collector to take action against encroachers and reclaim
land to the deaf persons within four months. When contacted, Tiruvallur
collector Veera Raghava Rao promised that he would take action.
Source : Deccan Chronicle , 7th June 2013
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