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Allahabad HC reserves order on Gautam Buddha Nagar
A full Bench of the Allahabad High Court comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, SU Khan and VK Shukla on Friday reserved its order on the Gautam Buddha Nagar land acquisition dispute, after hearing the farmers, the Government, Noida, Greater Noida and Greater Noida Extension authorities, and the builders as well for three weeks almost on day-to-day basis.
The decision will involve about 490 writ petitions filed by the farmers of about five dozen villages of Gautam Buddha Nagar, related to land acquisition in Noida, Greater Noida and Greater Noida Extension involving over 5,000 hectare of land. During the course of hearing the Chief Justice had constituted a three-judge Bench considering the July 26 orders of a division Bench consisting of Justice Amitav Lala and Justice Ashok Srivastava. Later, Justice RK Agrawal withdrew himself from the full Bench and Chief Justice replaced Justice Agrawal with Justice SU Khan.
The court heard the arguments of the counsels for the farmers, the authorities, the builders, and the Government of UP on the land acquisition under urgency clause of the Land Acquisition Act.
According to the farmers, there was no urgent need to acquire land for planned industrial development employing the urgency clause of the Land Acquisition Act, depriving the farmers of the opportunity of hearing.
The decision will involve about 490 writ petitions filed by the farmers of about five dozen villages of Gautam Buddha Nagar, related to land acquisition in Noida, Greater Noida and Greater Noida Extension involving over 5,000 hectare of land. During the course of hearing the Chief Justice had constituted a three-judge Bench considering the July 26 orders of a division Bench consisting of Justice Amitav Lala and Justice Ashok Srivastava. Later, Justice RK Agrawal withdrew himself from the full Bench and Chief Justice replaced Justice Agrawal with Justice SU Khan.
The court heard the arguments of the counsels for the farmers, the authorities, the builders, and the Government of UP on the land acquisition under urgency clause of the Land Acquisition Act.
According to the farmers, there was no urgent need to acquire land for planned industrial development employing the urgency clause of the Land Acquisition Act, depriving the farmers of the opportunity of hearing.
