Chennai sources stated that the Madras High Court on Tuesday summoned J deepa and nephew J Deepak, former Tamilnadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha’s niece and nephew, to the court on Friday to ascertain the pleas filed on their behalf seeking Letter of Administration (LoA) to manage the properties left behind by Jayalalitha, including the Poes Garden residence Veda Nilayam.
Meanwhile Justices N Kirubakaran and Abdul Quddhose were hearing four separate pleas for administrating Jaya’s properties when they passed this interim order and two AIADMK members K Pugazhenthi and P Janakiraman, had filed a similar case in the court. Reports added that Deepak’s counsel had filed a civil case in the High Court seeking LoA under the Indian Succession Act of 1925. Earlier deepa had alleged that the state government was trying to acquire property worth over Rs 100 crore for a meager Rs 38 crore.
Moreover the IT Department’s senior standing counsel AP Srinivas, informed the court that it would not be possible for it to assess the value of Jayalalitha’s properties as directed by the court during the last hearing since they were short of hands and only three surveyors were available.
