Hearing in land cases deferred

ALLAHABAD: A three-judge full bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday deferred the hearing of the writ petitions filed by the farmers challenging the notifications issued for acquisition of their agricultural lands by the Noida and Greater Noida authorities in Noida, Greater Noida and Noida Extension areas.
This order was passed by the full bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan, Justice SU Khan and Justice V K Shukla, after hearing the counsels for the farmers, Noida and Greater Noida authorities, and chief standing counsel, who represented the state government.
Passing the order, the bench said that those writ petitions of the farmers, which are not covered by the earlier judgment of the full bench given in respect of land acquisition of farmers in Noida, Greater Noida and Noida Extension areas, shall be heard separately by the appropriate bench on March 27.
The court deferred the hearing of these writ petitions till March 27, as the chief standing counsel of the state, M C Chaturvedi, requested the court to adjourn the hearing "as the officers are busy in state assembly elections."