THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Law Academy Law College was on Friday directed to demolish its main gate, which was constructed on encroached land. The district administration issued the directive based on a report by revenue principal secretary P H Kurien. The secretary found that the academy had constructed the gate on government-owned land, assigned to the Kerala Water Authority. Based on Kurien's report, minister for revenue E Chandrasekharan had on Wednesday instructed the district administration to demolish the main entrance. The directive to demolish the main gate came two days after the students of the academy called off their strike. The 29-day-long strike, demanding the resignation principal P Lekshmi Nair, was withdrawn after the minister for education, C Ravindranath, convened a meeting of students and the management. Meanwhile, a syndicate meeting of the University of Kerala on Friday sought to bring clarity on the academy's affiliation status. The syndicate has asked the university's affiliation to ascertain if the academy has been functioning as a private college or a self-financing one. The university had earlier replied to an application filed under the RTI Act that it was not in possession of any documents regarding the affiliation of the academy. During the academic year 1968-`69, when the academy was affiliated to the KU, there were only two categories of colleges: private or government college. All private colleges, barring the academy, signed a direct payment agreement with the government in 1972. According to the present classification, all other colleges affiliated with Kerala University are government colleges, private aided colleges or unaided colleges. The RTI application was filed by a Congress nominee in the syndicate. Clarity on the academy's affiliation status became necessary for the university after the governor, P Sathasivam, also the chancellor, inquired about it. . . UDF members in the syndicate reiterated their demand for the cancellatio