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Report on land matters

PKS case

Court dates regarding PKS, who had forcibly occupied land near Evergreen, have been held on August 9th

and Aug 20th in Villupuram Court and are ongoing, the matter is to be concluded by mid October. Despite an

order to not undertake any development activities a small house has been constructed on the Ami Abri corner

plot, multiple complaints to the police have been made reg the same and on one occasion the police stopped

the construction works, however these resumed some days later. According to our purchase documents their

claims for land are incorrect. The case is to conclude mid October 2024. We hope that justice will prevail- Mailam Swami - selling Temple lands by way of lease-.

Samiyar is selling the lands belonging to the Mailam Mutt in Bommayarpalayam Survey No. 127/11 and 128/4

which are parcelled out as a housing plot layout. Since land donated to a temple cannot be legally registered

as a sale deed, under the Hindu Endowment Department, it appears that unregistered lease documents are

being issued on receipt of the sale price.

Articles reg Temple lands status

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2024/Mar/21/civil-court-cant-allow-transfer-of-temple-lan

d-madras-hc

https://kreately.in/supreme-court-judgement-on-ownership-of-land-in-hindu-temples/

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/no-patta-for-those-living-on-temple-land/articleshow/99572219.

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Land exchange questioned by the Commissioner of Land Administration and Collector

Land Board and its AVFO members recently attempted an exchange of Auroville Patta land for Govt

Poramboke land, however the registration was refused due to queries from the Collector via the Land

Administration Commissioner, requesting proper permission documents as required to comply with laws and

regulations.

Purchases in the city area by outside parties

TV, Kannan purchased more land in Auroville, 4.24 acres located near the Matrimandir were acquired in Jan

and May via his company (Omsakti PVT LTD).

Earlier 10 acres were exchanged in AuroOrchard for plots in the city area (near Eco service, Santé and Grâce)

and newly purchased plots in the GBelt, he however retained 1.5 acres located by the elephant tower.

A family, (with Aurovilians members) sold the mm property to T.V.Kannan.

And another family, also with Aurovilian members, sold their city land to an outside party. An agreement made

with the Land Board for the purchase of this property (located by the Eucalyptus trees) was discarded by the

Land Board.

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In other News Donation Channelling Group continue to block funds and FAMC remove more

maintenances.

Several successful activities find their work hindered due to funds being blocked by the “Donation Channelling

Group” some places have also been requested to stop carrying out work in the region but rather to focus on

Auroville. One questions what the thinking behind these decisions really is as none of the larger picture goals

are actually shared nor the consequences of these policies, It is uncertain also if these are simply being

executed by the FAMC on behalf of a person or the GB or if these ideas are their own. Willl the blocked funds

affect the donors and wellwishers' relationship with Auroville? And what relevance does Auroville have in India

if it is prevented from sharing its skills and the fruits of its nurtured experimentation?

The GB FAMC claimed they wanted clean up Auroville, and no one would disagree with a simpler streamlined

accounting procedure that would providing the community with transparency and detailed reports to

understand and plan our our economy better, unfortunately there is no real understanding or knowledge in

accounting in the GB FAMC and as a result they are unable to even bring up the right questions to the

accountants that would reinforce Auroville’s internal economy and goals instead they simply implement

whatever is advised by the accountant who offers normal corporate type solutions.

That said, let us think of the welcome measure they have been able to instate:

Gpay instead of cash transactions is excellent and prevents corruption.

Other than that the failures largly overwhelm the good.

No movement to remove interdepartmental GST (Av has one PAN number it makes no sense that the inmates

pay GST for their in house services).

No questioning on the land exchanges that did not follow regulations and bringing loss of over 200 crores to

Auroville.

Discriminatory practices reg monthly contributions- only foreign residents are punished.

A few corrupt people were caught but immediatly reassigned to other posts (making the clean up attempt

laughable).