Dear Sirs,
In our area there is a temple and locals say that the surrounding land belongs to temple. But some say that they have purchased the land and have proper documents (they are not sure about from whom they bought as there previous generation people bought the said land).
We have a document which states that the trustee of the temple has given the land for lease to my grandfather and father in 1950's to expand the school which my grandfather started. Also in 1972 it shows they extended the lease for another 5 years.
Since 1977 there was no extension of lease and we are in possession. We pay only electricty bill for that place, since goverment said no need to pay property tax for the goverment aided school. So we don't have any documents. Now we are planning to demolish and build new structure. The previous building structure has been approved by the corporation of Chennai.
Also many people live in that area for more than 50 years and they do not have any legal documents while some managed with some fake documents. Now they have started giving patta for this surrounding.
My Questions :
1) How to check whether the land really belongs to temple ?
2) Can we register the land in my name without any documents?
3) If I apply for patta without any documents except the Electricity bill that shows we are in continous possession of this property. Will they give patta.
4) Do we have to check whether the land is registered in the name of the temple.
Expecting your valuable comments on this !!!
With Regards,
Bala.R
