Salem: Revenue department officials inspected a powerloom unit, which had encroached 7.5 cents of a waterbody during expansion works, at Erumapalayam in the city on Thursday based on the Madras high court direction.
During the land survey, they found the unit management had also encroached one acre of poramboke land, which the latter have promised to return to the government.
A Radhakrishnan, who moved the HC against the unit, told TOI that the management of Arthanari loom unit had encroached Kuruvipanai lake land to construct boilers and other machineries. He had petitioned the court on January 7, 2019.
The high court had subsequently directed the district administration to evict the encroachment at the earliest.
When the administration failed to obey the court order, Radhakrishnan approached the high court again in January 2021, seeking direction to the revenue department to evict the encroachment. On June 17, the court ordered the revenue officials to inspect and remove the encroachments at the earliest.
The revenue officials visited the spot along with the petitioner on Thursday and surveyed both the lake and powerloom unit areas. “The officials confirmed that the unit has encroached 7.5 cents of the lake land. They have earmarked the encroached areas for eviction,” Radhakrishnan said.
A Alagarasan, managing director of the unit, said they had already demolished the structures on the encroached land based on the high court order.
Cops were deployed at the unit to maintain the law and order situation.
During the land survey, they found the unit management had also encroached one acre of poramboke land, which the latter have promised to return to the government.
A Radhakrishnan, who moved the HC against the unit, told TOI that the management of Arthanari loom unit had encroached Kuruvipanai lake land to construct boilers and other machineries. He had petitioned the court on January 7, 2019.
The high court had subsequently directed the district administration to evict the encroachment at the earliest.
When the administration failed to obey the court order, Radhakrishnan approached the high court again in January 2021, seeking direction to the revenue department to evict the encroachment. On June 17, the court ordered the revenue officials to inspect and remove the encroachments at the earliest.
The revenue officials visited the spot along with the petitioner on Thursday and surveyed both the lake and powerloom unit areas. “The officials confirmed that the unit has encroached 7.5 cents of the lake land. They have earmarked the encroached areas for eviction,” Radhakrishnan said.
A Alagarasan, managing director of the unit, said they had already demolished the structures on the encroached land based on the high court order.
Cops were deployed at the unit to maintain the law and order situation.
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