Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Government may go in for appeal against High Court Single Bench order staying the laying of concrete boundary stones inscribed 'with K-Rail' on the private land to be acquired for the SilverLine project.
The government is planning to file an affidavit in the court that the small concrete stones are being laid as per the existing survey rules as part of conducting social impact study of the project.
The government would also bring to the attention of the court the similar kinds of surveys and laying of boundary stones done in the case of some Central and State Government projects in the past.
The government has now instructed the officials to continue with the survey without laying the boundary stones. The plan is afoot to demarcate the boundary of each land by using iron rods, a technique which was widely employed in flooded areas.
Seeks CM's apology
State K-Rail SilverLine Virudha Janakeeya Samithi has sought an apology from the chief minister in the light of the High Court verdict barring laying of boundary stones for the SIlverLine project. It also wanted the revenue minister to resign from the ministry since the government's illegal survey had pushed the people to the brink of suicide.
The land record details, which should have been kept with the Revenue Department, were given illegally to the K-Rail company, resulting in the possible leaking of the details to foreign companies, the Janakeeya Samithi said.
It said that all the boundary stones which had been already laid at the private land of various people should be immediately removed in the backdrop of the latest HC verdict. It also urged the government to give compensation to the landholders whose land had been illegally encroached upon and concrete boundary stones erected.
