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- The Madras High Court has told the Chengalpattu police to pause a land-grabbing complaint against the district Collector and other officials, after the Collector agreed to return private land to its owner.
- The landowner, M.R.
- Vasanthan, had accused officials of building a revetment wall on his 1,318-square-metre plot in Selaiyur, a claim a earlier Bench found to be true in 2025.
- The court had earlier ordered compensation of ₹2.9 crore, which the government did not pay, prompting the judges to allow a police complaint.
- The Collector has now assured the court the land will be restored within 15 days, with the canal rerouted, and the case will be heard again on September 28, 2026.
What to watch next
- Whether the Collector returns the land and demolishes the 2023 constructions by the September 28, 2026 deadline
- Whether the court lifts or extends the pause on the police complaint at the next hearing
- Whether the government settles the ₹2.9 crore compensation or abandons it after the land's return
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Named India · M.R. Vasanthan · M. Veerappan · Tambaram Revenue Divisional Officer · Tambaram Tahsildar · Chengalpattu Police · E. Manoharan · G. Jayachandran · Madras High Court · P.V. Balasubramaniam · R. John Sathyan
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