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The Kerala High Court on Monday held that plantation company Harrisons Malayalam Ltd (HML) should not alienate any property, spread over eight districts involved in the Taluk Land Board proceedings, without permission, till the disposal of the cases.
“Any amalgamation or merger could only be subject to the final orders of the court,” it held.
A Division Bench comprising Justice M Sasidharan Nambiar and Justice P Bhavadasan passed the order while considering a petition filed by the state government seeking a directive to restrain HML from alienating any piece of land in its possession, assign or proceed with any scheme of arrangement.
However, the court declined to restrain the holding of the meeting convened by HML on August 17 and 18.
Following an earlier High Court order, Mananthavadi Sub Collector, who is the chairman of the Taluk Land Board in Vythiri, produced all the documents related to the land possessed by HML on Monday.
The court had passed the order after it found that all relevant matters were not included in the documents submitted by the HML.
Even the original declaration submitted by the company or all the documents submitted by authorised officer based on the draft statement issued are not available in the file.
The court had also directed the District Collectors of Wayanad, Pathanamthitta, Idukki and Kollam to take possession of 835 acres of excess land that HML had offered to surrender to the government.
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