SC to decide fate of Noida extension flat owners today - NewsX

It is a crucial day for homebuyers who have put in money into houses being constructed in Noida's Bisrakh village. The Supreme Court will decide the fate of their housing units in Noida Extension today.The apex court will hear a petition filed by the farmers who have challenged the Allahabad high court's verdict of Oct 21, 2011. "We have challenged the verdict because it did not quash land acquired from Bisrakh village using the urgency clause of the land acquisition act," said farmer lawyer Parmindera Bhati. The case has been filed by Dharampal of Bisrakh village, along with nine others, versus the state government of Uttar Pradesh. "Land in Shahberi and Patwadi villages was denotified on the grounds that it was acquired throught the misuse of the act's urgency clause. There is no reason that land in Bisrakh should not be denotified," said Bhati. Around 608 hectares of land acquired from Bisrakh comprising of 7 Projects with 50,000 flats is at stake.

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