Kerala High Court orders govt. to hear Moolampally evictees

Officials told to take appropriate steps as per rehabilitation package within 45 days

The Chief Secretary or the Revenue Secretary should look into the grievances of Moolampally evictees and take appropriate steps in accordance with the rehabilitation package within 45 days, the Kerala High Court has ordered. Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan issued the order on a petition filed by 46 evictees, who complained that many of the benefits of the package were not available to them. They submitted that the property offered for their rehabilitation was a waterlogged one. However, the government pleader submitted that the package was implemented in 2012, and though the land identified for rehabilitation was waterlogged, it was reclaimed and converted into a usable holding, the government pleader contended.