The Agri-Horticultural Society, established in 1835 and registered in 1892, has initiated one more round of litigation before the Madras High Court claiming title over four cawnies (each cawny measuring 1.322 acres approximately), 18 grounds and 1,683 square feet of land next to Semmozhi Poonga on Cathedral Road in Chennai.
Justice S.M. Subramaniam is slated to hear on Wednesday the latest writ petition filed by the society. This time, it has challenged Land Administration Commissioner’s June 5, 2023 order setting aside Chennai Collector’s 2011 order for grant of ‘patta’ to the society with respect to the lands in question by recognising them as private property.
In an affidavit filed through senior counsel G. Rajagopalan, the society has accused the Commissioner of having set aside the Collector’s order due to political motives and claimed that the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party had been creating troubles to the society ever since it came to power in the State in 1989.
