Noida Land Allotment Scam Judgement
Noida Land Allotment Scam Judgement
New Delhi 21st October, 2011 : The Rashtriya Lok Dal has demanded that the Central Bureau of Investigation probe the Noida allotment scam even as the Allahabad High Court has cancelled the allotment of land in three villages of Greater Noida.
The Hon’ble court has cancelled the land acquisition of Asadallapur, Devla and Shahberi villages and said that the farmers who have taken compensation can return the amount and claim back their land. The court has said a secretary-level officer should probe the land scam. However, the Rashtriya Lok Dal president Chaudhary Ajit Singh demanded that since Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati, various ministers and top officials and builders are involved in the scam, it is imperative that a central agency like the CBI probe the scam and put the culprit behind bars. The RLD said any secretary-level officer would not be able to complete any probe and would be pressurized by the corrupt Mayawati regime and only a central agency would be able to book the guilty.
“The court has cancelled the allotment of three villages. However, those who are involved in the scam are getting off scot-free. I demand that the Centre intervene, and the CBI probe the scam to book the guilty,” Chaudhary Ajit Singh said in New Delhi. Mayawati’s Government has favoured the builders promoting residential apartments, commercials complexes and even golf courses displacing farmers who were deprived of their livelihood. All due processes were done away with in the name of urgency, and the actual use of the land is not for industrialization as promised to the landowners at the time of acquisition. The judgement has satisfied the builders, may provide relief to the investors, but it is not in favour of the farmers. “The bankers, builders are happy, while the investors are watching. Why hasn’t even one officer, and their political masters, including the CM been held culpable, Chaudhary Ajit Singh said.
Earlier, the Rashtriya Lok Dal General Secretary and Member of Parliament Jayant Chaudhary has strongly pitched for freeing local development bodies from the clutches of the property dealers mooted for a Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) to be established to check malpractices by builders and authorities. Ensuring that the local development bodies (like the Noida, Lucknow or the Ghaziabad Development Authority) look after the interest of those investing in their dream houses, and also do not misuse their powers to the detriment of the landowners, Jayant Chaudhary, backed a move to establish the RERA by raising the issue under Rule 377 in the last session of the Lok Sabha.