The Adivasi Dalit Munneta Samithi (ADMS) has approached the State government to halt proceedings aimed at collecting fees for rubber trees on land occupied by Arippa protesters for the past 14 years. This demand comes ahead of the proposed title deed (pattaya) distribution intended to resolve the long standing Arippa land struggle. The organization expressed concern that imposing such a financial burden on marginalized families would undermine the very purpose of the land distribution.

According to ADMS president Sreeraman Koyyon, families residing in huts on revenue land have been issued payment notices by the Forest department. These notices require Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, and other landless families to pay for the rubber and miscellaneous trees standing on the plots they currently occupy. The organization said that many of these families are elderly or suffer from chronic illnesses, having survived for years by tapping a small number of trees for livelihood.