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Mullaperiyar dam case: demarcate land covered by 1886 lease, check if mega car parking is in the lease area, says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Survey of India to examine whether a mega car park project envisaged by Kerala near the Mullaperiyar dam area enters the property covered by the Periyar Lake Lease Agreement of October 1886.

The October 29, 1886 lease indenture was for a period of 999 years and signed between the Maharaja of Travancore and the Secretary of State for India for the Periyar irrigation works.

A Bench headed by Justice A.S. Oka asked the Survey of India to first demarcate and survey the area covered by the lease deed, and then ascertain if the construction of the car park entered into any part of the lease deed area.

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