The environmental officer has also been accused of allegedly doctoring a map on the disappearance of the Kosasthalaiyar river and its backwaters. In a recent letter to DVAC Directors, a few members of the society including former judge of the Madras High Court Justice D Hariparanthaman, activist Nityanand Jayaraman, singer and activist TM Krishna, activist Pooja Kumar of Save Ennore Creek campaign and a few others wrote about the fraudulent activities undertaken by Pandian, that led to the illegal conversion of over 2,000 acres of wetlands near the river into real estate at Kattupalli island.