After Supreme Court order, Noida starts to plug decade-old missing link

Time of India

13 hours ago

Noida: The Supreme Court has cleared the decks for the construction of a 200-metre stretch in the city that remained stalled for over a decade because of legal disputes over land acquisition in Hajipur village.
The order will enable the completion of a vital link connecting sectors 99/100 with sectors 46/47.
Most of the road project linking the sectors has been ready for years, except for the final disputed segment. The new connection is critical for commuters as it promises to ease traffic congestion by providing a direct route between sectors 46, 47, and 99 to sector 98, eliminating the current need for making long detours through sectors 100, 101, and Hajipur.
The project hit a roadblock in 2003 when a villager, Hukum Singh, challenged the land acquisition notified in 2001-2002 under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. He moved the Allahabad high court, which dismissed the petition in Jan 2021 and noted that the land was already vested with the govt through an award passed by the land acquisition officer under Section 11A.
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The court emphasised that while the interim order maintained a status quo over existing structures, it didn't halt the acquisition process.
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Since the govt order on land wasn't separately challenged, the acquisition became final, and rendered the petition "inconsequential".
After Singh died, his legal heirs approached the Supreme Court, seeking a stay on the road project. Here, too, a bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma dismissed the appeal on Nov 21 last year.
"We are not inclined to interfere with the impugned judgment and order passed by the high court," the SC bench observed.
The apex court declined to examine "subsequent developments" as they weren't part of the original record or considered by the high court. However, it left room for the petitioners to pursue separate legal remedies for fresh issues if permitted under law.
To complete the road, the Authority plans to remove illegal structures on the disputed land, which includes 10-12 shops, concrete buildings, and around 70 slum dwellings, with police help.
"No case related to this matter is pending in any court. Our legal department has verified that. Considering public convenience and Noida's planned development, the construction of this road has become all the more essential," an Authority official said.