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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann (centre). | Photo Credit: ANI
The courtroom was listening to a writ petition that challenged the Punjab authorities’s land pooling coverage launched in June this yr.
The courtroom requested the State authorities to make clear whether or not an Environmental Impact Assessment had been carried out earlier than notifying the Land Pooling Policy, 2025. The courtroom, in its interim order, directed the federal government to tell the courtroom if there was any provision within the coverage for the rehabilitation of the landless labourers and others who don’t personal any land however are depending on the land for his or her sustenance.
Petitioner Gurdeep Singh Gill had submitted that the coverage was notified with out finishing up the required environmental and social affect evaluation, which is a necessary prerequisite for the acquisition of land underneath Sections 4 to eight of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.
The petitioner, a resident of Phagla village in Ludhiana district, owns 6 acres of land, which was allotted to his father as a displaced individual in lieu of their land in Lyallpur district in Pakistan.
The petitioner argued that they’ve invested and have made enhancements to the land, which is now fertile however has been included within the coverage. Mr. Gill additionally contended that there is no such thing as a provision for offering compensation on the time of acquisition, and solely an annual meagre livelihood allowance could be paid.
The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has hit out on the Opposition events for spreading “deceptive propaganda” in opposition to the State authorities’s coverage, with occasion leaders describing it as “farmer-friendly”.
The Punjab Cabinet in June gave its nod to the coverage and asserted that not a single yard shall be forcibly acquired from the homeowners.
Published – August 07, 2025 01:38 am IST
