Kerala HC orders stay on Malayidamthuruth eviction until families are shifted to allotted land

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (June 16) ordered that the stay on eviction in the Malayidamthuruth land dispute remain in force until the families shift to the land allotted to them. The eviction was earlier ordered by the Munsiff Court at Perumbavoor.

It was submitted that the parties had reached an agreement and that the seven families would receive land worth 35 cents together.

A bench of Justice TR Ravi further directed that the settlement agreement should be signed along with the signatures of all the seven families by June 29.

The newly formed United Democratic Front (UDF) government joined the legal battle in late May and was given time by the court to resolve the long-running dispute.

Earlier, the High Court stayed the eviction orders by the Perumbavoor court until the matter came up for hearing on Tuesday.

The settlement agreement comes after decades of land disputes in Pariyathukavu near Kižakambalam, where Dalit families have reportedly lived for at least three generations. The eviction process began after several court orders upheld a private individual’s claim to the land.

Published – 16 Jun 2026 15:14 IST