Over 27,000 acres was acquired and around 1,000 acres was released by the Department of Industries, Haryana, in the last four years. The data was furnished by the Haryana government today in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, as demanded by the court.

However, information on the total land acquired and released by Haryana in the last three years is yet to be furnished by the government. Departments like Urban Estate, Town and Country Planning are yet to submit the record of the land acquired and released by them in the last three years.

The Haryana government has been directed to produce the entire record by July 6.

During the resumed hearing of the case, Haryana Advocate General Hawa Singh Hooda dismissed allegations of pick-and-choose acquisition and release by the government. He stated that only 1,000 acres was released for a cluster of houses, and for industries. Submitting a voluminous record which runs into over 5,000 documents, the Haryana government submitted that at various points of time, land was acquired and released by the government by way of issuing notifications.

The detailed reply, which runs into over 100 pages, further clarifies that the land was released as per the decisions taken by the committees constituted by the High Court, and the municipal committees constituted by the government. The reply further reads that the land acquired and released was also challenged in the past by various people living in the vicinity, but the disputes were solved by the High Court and government.

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