Kochi: On attaching properties of some people who have no associations with the Centre-banned Popular Front of India (PFI), the Kerala Government gave its explanation before the Kerala High Court.
The government informed the court that mistakes happened due to some similarities in names, addresses and survey numbers etc., between those wrongly attached and those required to be attached.
In September last year, the High Court had instructed PFI to deposit Rs 5.20 crore, compensating the damages incurred on the Kerala Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) in violent incidents during a flash hartal conducted by the organisation on September 23.
The Kerala government's affidavit before the court read, "In compliance to the order (High Court's), the details of the properties identified by the IG, Registration was forwarded to the Land Revenue Commissioner for initiating attachment procedure. Since all these procedures were initiated in a limited time period, some mistakes crept in due to some similarity in the name, address, survey number etc., of the properties identified. Hence this resulted in erroneous attachment of some properties of persons who were not associated with the organisation. When it came to the notice of the government that some mistakes had occurred in the attachment, the direction was given to the Land Revenue Commissioner and the State Police Chief to stop further proceedings in respect of these properties which were erroneously identified."
"In compliance with the directions in the order dated 18.01.2023, requisitioned in respect of the properties of 209 persons related to the PFI was forwarded to the District Collectors for effecting attachment. The Land Revenue Commissioner has informed that out of them, valuation reports in respect of 177 properties were prepared by the District Collectors concerned. In view of the disputes raised regarding the attachment proceedings, the valuation of the remaining properties could not be completed," ANI quoted the affidavit.