Chamarajanagar, April 12 -- Days after Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, a member of the erstwhile Mysore Royal Family, wrote to Chamarajanagar Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shilpa Nag staking claim to over 5,135 acres of land, residents of Siddaiahnapura met the DC yesterday, urging her not to register their village land in her (Pramoda Devi) name.

In a letter dated Mar. 20, addressed to the DC and other senior officers, Pramoda Devi requested that khatas (property records) be issued in her name for properties she claimed belonged to the late Maharaja of Mysore.

The properties listed include: 4,445 acres in Attugulipura, approximately 150 acres across various survey numbers in Haradanahalli, 63 acres in Boodhithittu, about 75 acres in Karadihalla, 190 ...