PUDUCHERRY: Congress on Thursday urged the Lieutenant Governor A K Singh to instruct the Adi Dravidar Welfare Department to issue free house site (pattas) to the residents of Adhingapet village on the three acre of land acquired in the village and include those who are having priority cards issued by the department.
In a memorandum to the L-G, the Congress delegation led by PCC President A V Subramanian and Leader of Opposition V Vaithilingam objected to the SC people of other villages having been provided pattas in Adhingapet and demanded that they should be provided pattas in lands already acquired land for this purpose in their respective villages by the AD department. They said that during the previous Congress Government the three acres of land was acquired at Adhingapet village and claimed that eligible beneficiaries had been identified after proper verification and they were issued priority card through the dept . Now, in the same area the AD welfare department has changed the beneficiary list to issue free house site pattas to beneficiaries from other villages.