IDUKKI: Revenue department registered a case against Mathew Kuzhalnadan MLA in connection with land encroachment. The action of the revenue department has shown that fifty cents of outlying land have been occupied in Chinnakanal.

The revenue department has issued a notice asking them to appear for the hearing. District Collector Sheeba George Udumbanchola Tehsildar had earlier permission to acquire the outlying land in Chinnakanal. After the Land Revenue Tehsildar's report, permission was given to acquire the land.

In the name of MLA, one acre of land including Kapithan resort is based on 20 cents. Out of this, 50 cents of government land has been encroached upon by Vigilance.

The vigilance had found that registration or entry was not possible as the land was involved in the surplus land case and there had been irregularities in the land registration as well. The fact that there is a building of 1,000 square feet on the resort land was concealed at the time of registration. This building is worth Rs18 lakhs. The vigilance report also states that the government has lost the tax due.