There has been a directive regarding the Nilgiri Elephant corridor. The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, confirmed the decision of the Madras High Court which affirmed the government of Tamil Nadu’s power to notify the Nilgiris Elephant Corridor. The Madras high court had, in 2011, ordered that the state government had the power to notify an area as ‘Elephant Corridor’ and thereby ask the encroachers to vacate the area. The Supreme Court repeated that no encroachments shall be allowed in the area designated as ‘Elephant corridor’, thus validating the district administration’s efforts to seal and demolish illegal structures constructed in the corridor. 

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The issue links to an order approved by the Madras High Court stating that the government of Tamil Nadu has all the power to notify the ‘Elephant Corridor’ in The Nilgiris as a management strategy.  The Nilgiris district administration had classified around 821 illegal structures in the elephant corridor. The 821 structures included 39 resort complexes which had 309 buildings. Of these 39 complexes, 12 had been constructed without approvals and 27 others had received approval for residential usage but were being used for commercial purposes as per a report in a leading daily. 

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In 2018, the Supreme Court directed the closure of 27 of these resorts since they did not appear for a hearing in connection to the case in the Apex court. The Supreme Court had also appointed an Amicus Curiae ADN Rao to study the issue and submit his report. In his report, he recommended that all 821 illegal structures built in the Elephant Corridor in The Nilgiris be sealed and demolished except tribal houses. He also sought the Apex Court to uphold the government of Tamil Nadu’s order that notified the Elephant Corridor in The Nilgiris. 

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