Chennai HC restrains authorities from taking possession of actor Mammootty’s 40 acres

Mammootty and his actor son Dulquer Salmaan jointly own this land.

In March this year, the actor and his family had filed a joint writ petition in the court against an order passed by the CLA.

The Chennai High Court has stayed the order of the Commissioner of Land Administration (CLA) to take possession of 40 acres of land owned by Malayalam film actor Mammootty and his family in Karunguzhipallam village of Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu.

Mammootty and his actor son Dulquer Salmaan jointly own this land. The High Court had earlier this year stayed the CLA’s move to confiscate the land in August this year. Along with this, the High Court had also ordered that no action will be taken against the petitioners till further orders are issued.

In March this year, the actor and his family had filed a joint writ petition in the court against an order passed by the CLA on March 16, 2021. The CLA order said that the land should be declared as a wetland under the Tamil Nadu Forest Act. of 1882 and should be protected as a reserve forest.

The court directed the CLA to issue the order within 12 weeks after hearing the explanation for Mammootty and his family.

The Chennai High Court, which heard the case, had ordered that no coercive action should be taken against the land. The matter came up for hearing again before Judge Ilanthirayan. At that time, actor Mammootty and his family argued that the order to reclassify the land was issued without seeking an explanation from their side.

Meanwhile, the judge ordered the matter be referred back to the Commissionerate of Land Administration (CLA), who sought an explanation from Mammootty’s party and directed the Commissionerate of Land Administration to issue an appropriate order within 12 weeks.

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