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Jayalalithaa's niece takes possession of Poes Garden residence, after protracted legal battle

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Chennai, Dec 10: J Deepa Jayakumar, niece of late chief minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa, said that her aunt's soul will rest in peace after receiving the keys to the Poes Garden residence Veda Nilayam.

Jayalalithaas niece takes possession of Poes Garden residence, after protracted legal battle

On Friday, Chennai Collector J Vijaya Rani officially handed over the keys of the palatial building following an order from a single-judge bench of the Madras High Court on November 24 which set aside the previous All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) government's acquisition of late former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa's residence "Veda Nilayam" for converting it into a memorial and ordered that it be handed over to the legal heirs.

"It's a big victory. It can't be considered as an ordinary victory. I am very happy... I feel very emotional as I am stepping into my aunt's house for the first time after her demise," Deepa reacted.

She came to the residence accompanied by her husband Madhavan and well-wishers. She garlanded the portrait of the late Chief Minister and paid floral tributes. "This is my birthplace. Memories of the days I spent with my aunt floods my mind," Deepa told reporters.

Jayalalithaa's Poes Garden residence is very much her private residence just as late Chief Minister and AIADMK founder M G Ramachandran's house in Ramavaram is his own. "This is my aunt's house and not a power-centre. There should be no politics over it," she added.

Delivering the verdict on a batch of petitions filed by J Deepa and her brother J Deepak, which challenged the acquisition of the bungalow by the previous AIADMK government to convert it into a memorial, Justice N Seshasayee directed the Chennai district collector to hand over the possession of Veda Nilayam to Jayalalithaa's legal heirs.

Quashing the order on the acquisition, the judge directed that the compensation amount which the government had deposited pursuant to the award is liable to be returned with interest to the government. Following this, the Chennai collector handed over the possession of Jayalalithaa's residence to Deepa.

"The soul of our aunt will now rest in peace. There was resistance against my taking possession of the house. Now with the legal battle over, I have that right," Deepa said and added this was because of her aunt's blessings. "For now we are going to occupy the house and take up the maintenance," she said. PTI

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