The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 told the Madras High Court that it intends to upgrade the sprawling Semmozhi Poonga on Cathedral Road in Chennai into a world-class park, by annexing to it the recently-retrieved land from Agri-Horticultural Society.
The submission on the government’s plan to upgrade the park on par with the Royal Botanic Gardens in London or the Dubai Miracle Garden, was made before Justice S.M. Subramaniam during the hearing of a new writ petition filed by the private society claiming title over the land parcel measuring four cawnies (each cawny measuring 1.322 acres approximately), 18 grounds and 1,683 square feet.
The society had urged the court to quash Land Administration Commissioner’s June 5, 2023 order which set aside Chennai Collector’s 2011 order for grant of ‘patta’ (a revenue record to prove private land ownership) to the society with respect to the land parcel in question.
