"Acquire land as per Manipur HC's order"
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 02 2020:
The National Highway Alignment Affected Land Owners Committee has urged authorities concerned to acquire land in connection for upgradation of the National Highway 102, as per the order issued on February 21, 2020 by the Manipur High Court.
The High Court of Manipur passed an order on February 21, 2020 which directed concerned authorities to acquire land necessary for expansion of NH-102 as per the Land Acquisition Act 2013 in case the owners are not in favour of direct purchase by the Government.
The copies of the same order have been submitted to concerned authorities including DC Thoubal on March 6 last, said a press statement of the committee while adding that acquisition of lands along Wangjing area should be carried out under "Land Acquisition Act 2013" .
The names of petitioners, intending to sell their lands, were also enclosed along with the order copies, the committee said.
It maintained that there is no resentment or opposition against any sort of development work carried out by the State Government and further urged the concerned authorities to ensure that all the benefits guaranteed by the "Land Acquisition Act 2013" are provided to the petitioners (pattadars) before their lands are acquired.