Supreme Court notice to GNOIDA, UP on land acquisition row

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today issued notices to Uttar Pradesh government and Greater NOIDA authority on a petition filed by a group of farmers challenging the acquisition of their agricultural land by the authorities in Garhi Bachchera village of Gautam Buddh Nagar district.

The petition pleaded "mindless acquisition" of agriculture land would lead to a food crisis in the country.

A bench of justices R M Lodha and H L Gokhale sought a response from the authorities within four seeks on the special leave petition filed by five of the aggrieved farmers challenging the judgement of the Allahabad High Court which had on October 21 last year upheld the acquisition.

The farmers Ravinder Kumar and others submitted the high court had failed to appreciate the fact that till date neither the state government nor the Noida authority has prepared any development plan for development of the land in question as an industrial area.