The state govt is contemplating action against the AIADMK supremo for building unauthorised structures at her Kodanadu estate near in Nilgiris district.
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday night said it would take legal action against AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa for reportedly building unauthorised structures at her Kodanadu estate near Kothagiri in Nilgiris district.
An official press release here said the Nilgiris District Collector had been directed to look into a complaint from the Kothagiri Panchayat Union President K M Raju that buildings were being constructed in the estate without approval of the Hill Areas Conservation Authority and it had affected the environment.
When the Collector sent a team of officials to inspect the estate on Tuesday, they were prevented from entering the premises by security men, citing Jayalalithaa's presence there, it said.
Jayalalithaa and her close aide Sasikala have been camping at the Kodanadu estate for more than a month now.
The officials were informed by the estate manager that the details they wanted would soon be furnished by an architect in Chennai, it added.
When the officials asked why they were not allowed in for inspection, the Manager told them that a VVIP was staying inside and that they could not be permitted to enter due to security reasons.
The District Collector had informed the government that he would initiate legal steps in the matter, the release said.
The Kothagiri Panchayat President, in a complaint letter to Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on May 19, had stated that Jayalalithaa had "cheated the Tamil Nadu Government of lakhs of rupees in the registration fee" when she bought the 825-acre estate in 1995, the release said.
Since then Jayalalithaa and her close aides Sasikala, V N Sudhakaran and Ilavarasi had been undertaking the expansion of their 90-room bungalow in the estate without the Government's approval, he had said.
Raju had also complained that a meeting of the gram sabha, convened at a village called Annanagar under the Kodanadu Panchayat on May 1, had to be called off as government officials, the Panchayat President and members and the public were denied permission by Jayalalithaa's security men to use the only road adjacent to her estate, that led to the place.
The team of officials sent by the Collector to inspect the estate included Kodanadu Panchayat President, Village Administrative Officer, Division Officer, Coonoor and Block development Officers.
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