Blow to Mayawati: SC returns Greater Noida land to farmers

“GNIDA allotted the land to builders in complete violation for which the land was acquired,” a Bench comprising justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly said.

The Bench said even before the government approved the use of land from industrial to residential purposes,the authority allotted land to some builders.

The Bench said it need not interfere into the judgement of the Division Bench of the High Court which held the urgency provision applied by the Authority for the acquisition of land was “entirely a colourable exercise of power”.

The court said it will give detailed reasons for this judgement later.

The court passed its order on a petition filed by GNIDA and real estate developers and builders,including Supertech and Amrapali,challenging the High Court order which had quashed notifications for land acquisition in Greater Noida adjoining the national capital.