Consumer body seeks policy to protect buyers of DTCP-approved plots declared as temple lands
A consumer advocacy group in Tamil Nadu is urging the government to create a policy protecting buyers who unknowingly purchased plots on land later classified as temple property. They suggest integrating land records across departments to prevent future administrative lapses.
Why it matters
This addresses a significant legal and financial risk for property owners, highlighting the need for better inter-departmental data coordination in land administration.
Coimbatore Consumer Cause (CCC) has urged the Tamil Nadu government to formulate a policy to protect bona fide purchasers of DTCP-approved plots and houses that are subsequently identified as temple lands.
In a representation submitted by its secretary, K. Kathirmathiyon, to Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, the organisation said property owners who had purchased plots in approved layouts after verifying revenue and registration records, obtaining legal opinions, registering sale deeds, securing building plan approvals and availing themselves of bank loans were facing difficulties after such properties were classified as “zero value” in registration records on the ground that they were temple lands.
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