The mansion of Champua Independent MlA Sanatan Mahakud would be finally demolished as the Keonjhar district administration decided to launch an eviction drive on April 22 to free the Government land encroached by him.
The development came after the Orissa High Court directed the district administration for a timeframe for demolition. Confirming about the eviction drive, district SP Kavita Jalan said complying with the HC order the district administration filed an affidavit on April 8 informing the court that eviction would be completed within a month.
“After a joint meeting of the district and the police administration, it has been decided that the eviction will begin on April 22,” said Jalan, adding that 25 platoons of armed police force along with the Additional SP, DSPs and officers of all police stations in the district would be deployed during demolition.
Mahakud has encroached a vast patch of Government land at Uchabali Mouza under Barbil tehsil since 1980 and built a mansion there.
As the illegal possession of the Government land came to the fore and the Revenue Department began investigation into the matter, the MlA formed a Maa Jagat Janani Trust in 2011 and built a temple in a bid to take legal possession of the land.
later, as the Barbil tehsildar served an eviction notice, which Mahakud challenged at the Champua Civil Judge (Senior Division) Court. The court rejected his petition. later, he filed a writ petition at the High Court, which also upheld the lower court’s order.