The Haryana government on Tuesday told the Punjab and Haryana high court that it has endorsed the constitution of a high-powered committee to consider cases of petitioners in connection with acquisition of land for development of Sectors 58-63 in Gurgaon, which includes the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust at Ullahawas village.
The high court, while hearing petitions challenging the acquisition of land by the state government for developing residential sectors 58-63 and 65-67 in Gurgaon, directed the petitioners to appear before the committee on September 7.
As the case came up for resumed hearing, the state government’s counsel told a division bench comprising Justices Jasbir Singh and Augustine George Masih that it was willing to look into the petitions referred to the government.
The state government told the court that it was ready to review the cases of the petitioners in the case.
Last week, the Haryana government had submitted it would reconsider the acquisition of over 850 acres of land in Gurgaon, following the filing of 65 petitions by landwoners, including leading artist Anjolie Ela Menon, who, however, has not withdrawn from the case. Around 10 other petitioners are also yet to withdraw and accept the offer of review put forward by the state government. (
The state government’s submission came in the wake of the court summoning all records related to acquisition of land for the Rajiv Gandhi Trust and sought the names of the trustees. The hearing in the case would resume on Wednesday.
The petitioners had alleged that the land acquired was given to the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust in Gurgaon and many other influential persons in connivance with developers in an arbitrary manner. —PTI