In the ongoing dispute pertaining to the Amritsar land case, the Punjab government has submitted an affidavit stating that it has decided to revoke January 13, 2006, notification wherein 32.10-acre land of Veer Colonisers in the Amritsar Improvement Trust land case was exempted from acquisition. The case is being investigated by the Vigilance Bureau.
Major General Sukhdip Singh Randhawa (retd) and others had moved the High Court against the Punjab government, praying for quashing a notification dated December 2, 2003, issued under Section 36 of the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922, along with all consequential proceedings on the grounds that basic layout plan of 188-acre development scheme framed by the Amritsar Improvement Trust had been completely altered. The petitioners had further prayed for quashing January 13, 2006, notification granting exemption to Veer Colonisers from acquiring 32.10-acre land, saying that it was wholly illegal, arbitrary and malafide.
Additional Secretary of Department of Local Bodies M P Arora filed an affidavit tracing the controversy of the issue, which even resulted in the expulsion of former chief minister Amarinder Singh from the Vidhan Sabha.
According to the affidavit dated November 10, 2008, a Vidhan Sabha committee, which was constituted by the Speaker to enquire and report the facts of the case, concluded that the decision of the government to exempt the land from acquisition was illegal. Following this, the VB had registered an FIR under Sections 20/467/468/471/120-B of the IPC at Mohali. The Division Bench ruled that the issue required consideration at length and admitted the case to the Division Bench for further hearing.
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