*Tiruvallur Collector Stands By His Report On Dinakarn* * *
*The collector of Tiruvallur in Tamil Nadu has said that his findings on Justice Dinakaran's alleged land encroachments are correct.* *In the second report sent to Chief Justice of India (CJI) K.G. Balakrishnan a couple of days ago, the collector submitted further details to support the district administration's stand that Justice Dinakaran and his family members had encroached upon government land.* *The ruling DMK has also broken its silence on the issue saying that the collector`s views are the government`s views. The Chief Justice of India (CJI) had sought the views of the state department in the matter.* *Reacting to the issue, DMK MP and spokesperson TKS Elangovan said, "We are not taking any sides. The district administration has been given a free hand. The collector`s views are the government`s views."* *However, Justice Dinakaran had denied allegations of land encroachment by him or his family members.* *The collector also enclosed a colour map, prepared by the Survey Department, indicating the various types of government land allegedly encroached upon by Justice Dinakaran. The report gave survey numbers of the plots. The collector sent, besides documents, photographs of the barbed wire fencing put up around the land in question.* *According to the report, "The entire land are found in between and adjacent to patta land in Kaverirajapuram (village in Tiruttani taluk) in Tiruvallur district." The collector said he inadvertently failed to mention in the earlier report about the existence of country fencing around the land.* *Meanwhile, enquires reveal, a survey by the Survey of India, an independent agency, sought by the CJI is yet to begin. Following Justice Dinakaran's denial of the collector's earlier report, the Supreme Court collegium headed by the CJI sought the assistance of the Survey of India, which comes under the Government of India's Department of Science and Technology.* *The Tamil Nadu government is also yet to respond to the CJI's request for its views on the collector's report. * *There are indications that the collegium will take a decision in respect of Justice Dinakaran, whose elevation to the Supreme Court has been put on hold, after receipt of the report from the state government. However, it is not clear whether the collegium will forward the collector's second report to Justice Dinakaran for his response. Lawyers under the auspices of the Forum for Judicial Accountability had sent petition to the CJI levelling serious charges of land grabbing and other "irregularities" against Justice Dinakaran. * <http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability>
