The farmers and other land owners have vehemently opposed the acquisition of their land by the state government by offering compensation as per the 2011 jantri rates.
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday reserved its judgment in the bunch of petitions filed by land owners opposing the acquisition of their land for the ambitious bullet train project between Ahmedabad and Mumbai by offering meagre compensation.
The division bench of Acting Chief Justice AS Dave and Justice Biren Vaishnav had earlier clarified that they will dictate the judgment in the open court and the final verdict on the same was expected on Thursday. However, the bench clarified that the judgment is incomplete and kept it reserved. With the bench reserving the verdict, it is expected that the final verdict on the case will be now pronounced in the court and there will be no more hearings.
Notably, the farmers and other land owners have vehemently opposed the acquisition of their land by the state government by offering compensation as per the 2011 jantri rates. The petitioners have demanded that their land should be acquired by the authorities at the rate at which the state government had sold its land for other projects. The petitioners have also demanded that the state should take care of their rehabilitation and resettlement as mandated under the central Land Acquisition Act 2013.
Counsel for the petitioners Anand Yagnik said, "The farmers are not against the bullet train project. It is a policy decision and they will abide by it. All they want is a fair compensation for their land. Jantri rates of 2011 are certainly not the benchmark that can be considered for calculating the compensation. There are cases where the market rate is 10 times of the jantri rates".
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