Chief Minister Vijay has claimed ownership over 50 cents of poromboke land in Kodaikanal, alleges election petitioner before Madras HC

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has claimed ownership over 50 cents of government poromboke land at Vilpatti village in Kodaikanal, falsely declared a property sold by him for ₹35 crore at Padi in Chennai as his property worth ₹7 crore and wrongly termed his Neelangarai bungalow as inherited property, an election petitioner has claimed before the Madras High Court.

However, Mr Vijay said the allegations against him were baseless and the petition must be dismissed.

In the petition pending before Justice V. Lakshminarayanan, S. Dinesh, a voter from Perambur constituency, insisted the election of the Chief Minister must be declared null and void for “wilful and deliberate” suppression, misrepresentation and false declarations with respect to many of the immovable properties referred to in his 2026 election affidavit.

According to the petitioner’s counsel V.R. Shanmuganathan, Mr. Vijay had claimed to have purchased the Vilpatti agricultural land for a consideration of ₹30,000 in 1997. Mr Vijay had also said, the present market value of that property was around ₹20 lakh. However, an examination of the village ‘A’ register revealed the property was actually a government poromboke land, the counsel claimed.

Similarly, the Chief Minister had declared to have purchased a non agricultural land measuring 33,955 square feet at Porur in Chennai for a consideration of ₹9.13 crore in 2010. However, examination of registration department documents revealed that he had purchased only 20,773 square feet for ₹7.5 crore. There was no explanation for excess declaration of the extent of the land as well as the sale amount, the petitioner alleged.

He went on to state that Mr. Vijay had declared to be owning a ₹7 crore worth 11,854 sq.ft commercial building at Padi in Chennai and claimed to have purchased it for a consideration of ₹1.95 crore in 2009 besides spending ₹3.9 crore on construction. However, he had sold the commercial building with a constructed area of 23,460 sq.ft for a consideration of ₹35 crore on February 12, 2026, the petitioner claimed.