The Delhi High Court has slammed Delhi government for failing to respond to a plea by 172 farmers over takeover of their land using the urgency clause of the Land Acquisition Act.
A division bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Rajiv Shakedhar also fined the government Rs 5,000. The order came on a petition filed by farmers challenging the acquisition of land in Barwala village in northwest Delhi.
The farmers said the government took over the land in 2009, saying it would be utilised for the development of Rohini phase VI and V residential localities.
“The government has not done any substantial development work in the area, so the claim of urgency on the part of the government was a colourable exercise of power,” said the petition.
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