Tuschen mother mounting court challenge to CH&PA’s repossession of house

A mother of three, whose house at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, was repossessed by the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) after it claimed she breached the terms under which it was built for her, is moving to court to challenge the decision.

Linda Persaud, who was among a number of persons who have been advised by the CH&PA that their houses would be taken back by the agency for the alleged breach of the terms under which they were built, says she and her children were evicted last December when agency officials reclaimed the property. As a result, Persaud, through attorney Anil Nandlall, will be moving to the constitutional court for declarations that the agency acted without lawful basis and violated her fundamental rights when its agents repossessed her property.

Persaud is also seeking damages in excess of $10M for breach of her fundamental right and freedom not to have her property compulsorily taken possession of without the prompt payment of adequate compensation as is