The Madras High Court on Friday restrained Chengalpattu district administration from demolishing a building constructed by the Vanniyar Sangam decades ago at St. Thomas Mount in Chennai on 41,952 sq. ft. of land that purportedly belonged to the State government.
Chief Justice S.V. Gangapurwala and Justice P.D. Audikesavalu ordered maintenance of status quo till August 22 after recording the submission of Additional Advocate General J. Ravindran that the Pallavaram tahsildar had taken possession of the property after issuing notice to the association.
Passing interim orders on an urgent writ petition filed by the association against the eviction proceedings, the first Division Bench granted time till Tuesday for the AAG to submit documents to prove it was a public land and directed him to ensure the building was not demolished by then.
