TTDC Takes Over Trichy’s SRM Hotel: Legal Action Or Political Message?

TTDC Takes Over Trichy’s SRM Hotel: Legal Action Or Political Message?

With the Madras High Court’s August order clearing the decks for repossession, holding that SRM had no automatic right to lease renewal and had run up nearly ₹40 crore in arrears, Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation, on Wednesday, 22 October 2025, took physical possession of Trichy’s SRM Hotel. The move follows last year’s failed first attempt (stayed briefly by the Madurai Bench) and will inevitably be read through a political lens in th…