Land encroached by SRM University retrieved

Kancheepuram District Collector, Gajalakshmi stated this in her counter affidavit filed in response to a Public Interest Litigation from M.Sathish Kumar, a resident of the area. Expressing satisfaction over the action taken by the authorities, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice R.Mahadevan said, “At last, action against encroachments has been taken. 

Some actions have been completed while other actions are in progress. We are thus of the view that the only direction that is to be made is for the authority to complete the action against encroachment, whether it be SRM University or other private individuals, as is apparent from the affidavit filed by the District Collector”. Disposing of the PIL, the bench posted the case to January 20 for filing compliance. In his PIL, Sathish Kumar alleged that SRM University had encroached on 37 acres of land which included a water body and Panchami lands.