The niece of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday approached the Madras High Court to file a writ petition opposing the decision of the Palaniswami government to turn Amma’s Poes Garden residence, Veda Nilayam, into a memorial.
“This is a private property. The government can't enter the property. Despite that, revenue officials have surveyed the property, which is wrong and that's why we have filed a written petition. Jayalalithaa has only 2 legal heirs – Deepa and Deepak. It is an internal dispute and the government cannot interfere,” J Deepa’s advocate Sai Kumaran told The Quint after filing the writ petition.
In her writ petition, Deepa has claimed that she and her brother Deepak are rightful owners of Veda Nilayam and that the Poes Garden property was one of the properties acquired by her paternal grandmother Vedavalli aka Sandhya, The News Minute reported. After her grandmother’s death in 1971, it was Jayalalithaa and Deepa’s father Jayakumar who used to reside in the house as a joint family, the petition stated.
“I further submit that my paternal aunt J Jayalalithaa during her lifetime purchased several properties in and around Chennai, Kodanad, Hyderabad, besides landed properties in Tamil Nadu, Bengaluru, etc. Since my aunt died intestate without executing a will or testament, I and my brother J Deepak are entitled to succeed to her estate,” the petition reads, as reported by The News Minute.
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