Nano Car Project: Third petition filed by farmers in Gujarat High Court
A third petition is filed in Gujarat High Court by the farmers of Bol village in Sanad Taluka where the manufacturing unit is coming up. The farmers of Bol village are demanding for compensation for land sold by the state government to the Tata for the Nano Car Project.
A third petition is filed in Gujarat High Court by the farmers of Bol village in Sanad Taluka where the manufacturing unit is coming up. The farmers of Bol village are demanding for compensation for land sold by the state government to the Tata for the Nano Car Project.
The division bench of Chief Justice K. S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Akil Qureshi today adjourned the hearing on the three similar cases which are being heard simultaneously till January 19, 2009. The court has also asked the state government to file a reply to the petitions explaining under what circumstances and on which basis the land was under question, was acquired by the state government in 1900.
State government has recently sold 1,100 acres of the land to Tata Motors at Northcout farm in Sanand Taluka to relocate their Nano car project from Singur to Sanand.
Two petition were already filed in the matter, first is by farmers of Khoda village demanding compensation for 865 acre of land and other is a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) by Gandhinagar-based Rashtriya Kisan Dal, asking for adequate compensation for the farmers.
Eighteen farmers of Bol village have claimed that they are the original owners of the 960 acre land which was taken on lease by the government for 99 years from their ancestors during the drought in 1900 for protection of cows of 'Kankreji' breed.
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