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Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here on Tuesday that government decision to exempt 127.5 acre at Madathupady in Kodungalloor and at Puthenvelikkara Paravur taluks from Land Reforms Act would be withdrawn if government action was illegal.
The land, taken over as excess land, was returned to a Bangalore based company on the assurance that it would be used only for entrepreneurial purpose. The government order had conditions to prevent misuse of the land, he said.
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Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala RTI Federation has filed a complaint before the State Information Commission seeking a directive to the government to withdraw its notification exempting the top secret section of Vigilance and Anti-corruption Bureau from the purview of the right to information.
Advocate D. B. Binu, President of the Federation, said in his petition that the notification issued on January 27 this year was illegal.
Kochi: Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed petitions challenging the procedure adopted by government for appointment of State Chief Information Commissioner and commissioners.
KPCC president V. M. Sudheeran has come out strongly against the Cabinet decision to exempt 1303 acres in possession of Hope Plantation in Idukki district from the provisions of the Land Reforms Act and demanded that the order issued on the basis of the decision should be withdrawn.
