The matter of acquiring about one and a half thousand acres of land for the development project of public welfare in Ayodhya has reached the Supreme Court. In the Supreme Court, three petitioners, including Congress leader Alok Sharma, filed an application to issue an order to cancel the notice issued in the case.
According to the petitioner’s lawyer Narendra Mishra, this is a sheer and arbitrary violation of the Land Acquisition Act. At the same time, the petitioners demanded more transparency in the compensation process.
The Uttar Pradesh Housing and Development Council published a tender on 26 August 2023 to select the firm to make a master plan for 1407 acres of land acquired under the 2020 and 2022 notifications.
Whereas on 19 August 2023, a third plan of 450 acres was notified. Whereas the land acquired under the first two schemes was not fully used.
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No development work was started on 1407 acres of land already acquired by the third and new notifications of the land development house place and market supplement Ayodhya-2023. Till date no road or sewer has been constructed and no plotting has been done in the first plan and second schemes.
There are preliminary schemes for 2020 and 2022 in Ayodhya and housing schemes launched by the Council to meet the growing housing requirements under the 2023 scheme.
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However, commercial plots were cut for private hotels in the land acquired under the initial scheme and was sold to industrialists at more than 30 times the price given to farmers. Which is a clear violation of Section 2 of the Land Acquisition Act, 2013. This section prohibits the acquisition of land for private hotels or similar commercial purposes.
It is against public interest to acquire new land without using pre -acquired land. Therefore, the Supreme Court should intervene soon in this matter.