High Court dismisses PIL challenging Vizag land pooling scheme
Real Estate

High Court dismisses PIL challenging Vizag land pooling scheme

The Public interest litigation (PIL) against the government's land pooling scheme in Visakhapatnam was dismissed by the high court on Friday.

The court clarified that the Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA) can pool lands from those who voluntarily consented to the scheme, but not from those who did not agree to.

Bhusekharana Land Pooling Taithu Kooli Nirvasitula Sankshema Sangam filed the PIL to challenge the VMRDA's land pooling notification from 2020. They claimed that the government announced the scheme to get around the amended Land Acquisition Act, which requires farmers to be compensated.

The government claims that it is only taking land from those who are willing to join the land pooling scheme. While over 6,500 acres of land will be acquired to provide housing sites for nearly 1.85 million poor people, only about 4,500 acres have been approved, and only that amount of land has been purchased.

After hearing the arguments, a bench led by Chief Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice M Satyanarayana Murthy concluded that the petitioners lacked standing to file a PIL on the matter. Even if some of the petitioners are aggrieved, the court said that they can file an independent petition. The high court dismissed the PIL and allowed VMRDA to continue with its scheme, giving affected people the right to file an independent petition with the court.

The VMRDA is Visakhapatnam's urban planning agency in Andhra Pradesh, India. The existing Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority was expanded to form it.

Image Source

Also read: Panchkula civic body to set up 24 sectors under land pooling schemes

The Public interest litigation (PIL) against the government's land pooling scheme in Visakhapatnam was dismissed by the high court on Friday. The court clarified that the Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA) can pool lands from those who voluntarily consented to the scheme, but not from those who did not agree to. Bhusekharana Land Pooling Taithu Kooli Nirvasitula Sankshema Sangam filed the PIL to challenge the VMRDA's land pooling notification from 2020. They claimed that the government announced the scheme to get around the amended Land Acquisition Act, which requires farmers to be compensated. The government claims that it is only taking land from those who are willing to join the land pooling scheme. While over 6,500 acres of land will be acquired to provide housing sites for nearly 1.85 million poor people, only about 4,500 acres have been approved, and only that amount of land has been purchased. After hearing the arguments, a bench led by Chief Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice M Satyanarayana Murthy concluded that the petitioners lacked standing to file a PIL on the matter. Even if some of the petitioners are aggrieved, the court said that they can file an independent petition. The high court dismissed the PIL and allowed VMRDA to continue with its scheme, giving affected people the right to file an independent petition with the court. The VMRDA is Visakhapatnam's urban planning agency in Andhra Pradesh, India. The existing Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority was expanded to form it. Image Source Also read: Panchkula civic body to set up 24 sectors under land pooling schemes

Related Stories

Gold Stories

Next Story
Real Estate

L&T Wins Mega Order for India’s Largest NVIDIA B300 AI Factory

Larsen & Toubro (L&T), through Vyoma.AI’s AI infrastructure subsidiary LTN Compute, has secured a mega order to develop what the company describes as India’s largest single-cluster AI infrastructure facility. The NVIDIA B300 AI Factory will support US-based AI cloud company Together AI’s platform for large-scale inference, fine-tuning and training workloads.The integrated AI Factory will be hosted at Vyoma.AI’s Chennai data centre campus and will have a capacity of 10,000 NVIDIA B300 GPUs. The platform will combine hyperscale data centre infrastructure, accelerated computing, h..

Next Story
Infrastructure Urban

Autodesk Elevates Nikhil Bagalkotkar to Lead AEC in India, SAARC

Autodesk has elevated Nikhil Bagalkotkar as Head – Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC), India and SAARC, with immediate effect.In his new role, Bagalkotkar will lead Autodesk's AEC business strategy across the region and drive adoption of the company's Design and Make platform. He will also focus on promoting digital design and construction technologies to help customers accelerate innovation and deliver more sustainable and resilient infrastructure.Bagalkotkar will be responsible for expanding Autodesk's AEC business, strengthening customer and partner engagement, and accelerat..

Next Story
Real Estate

Listed Developers' Pre-Sales Seen Rising 22.3 Per Cent in FY27

India's leading listed residential developers are expected to sustain strong sales momentum in FY27, with combined pre-sales of 11 major players projected to rise 22.3 per cent year-on-year, according to an analysis by ANAROCK Research & Advisory.Combined pre-sales of the developers are estimated to increase from Rs 1.49 trillion in FY26 to Rs 1.82 lakh crore in FY27. ANAROCK attributed the growth to sustained end-user demand, new project launches and strong execution despite higher property prices, construction costs and global uncertainties.Dr Prashant Thakur, Executive Director and Head..

Advertisement

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Get daily newsletters around different themes from Construction world.

STAY CONNECTED

Advertisement