They want removal of exemption given to Kanan Devan
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the State government and Kanan Devan Hills Plantation Company on a writ petition filed by some of the victims in the Pettimudi landslip, seeking to acquire the excess land held by the company and assign them to serving and displaced plantation workers and landless in the State.
The petition filed by the victims and Kannan Devan Hill Development and Welfare Society (KDHDWS) sought to declare unconstitutional Section 81(1)(e) of the Kerala Land Reforms Act under which the exemption were give to the company from the land ceiling. The petition pleaded for a directive to the government to identify a suitable land near the existing labour lines and provide the labourers housing sites.